Open AccessEarly gastric cancer diagnostic ability of ultrathin endoscope loaded with laser light source
Author(s) -
Takuto Suzuki,
Yoshiyasu Kitagawa,
Rino Nankinzan,
Taketo Yamaguchi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v25.i11.1378
Subject(s) - endoscope , endoscopy , medicine , cancer , biopsy , surgery , radiology
Conventionally, the low luminous intensity, low image resolution, and difficulty in operation have been reported with the ultrathin endoscope. However, it has markedly advanced recently. The improvement of the diagnostic ability is expected.