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Therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasonography [PDF]

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2013
The development of linear sectorial array EUS scopes in the early 1990s brought a new approach to diagnostic and therapeutic dimensions on EUS capabilities, opening the possibility to perform punction over direct EUS guidance. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has evolved from a purely diagnostic imaging modality to an interventional procedure that provides ...
Everson L. A. Artifon +3 more
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Human Endoscopic Ultrasonography

Gastroenterology, 1982
Conventional transcutaneous ultrasound examinations are often compromised by intervening pulmonary or bowel gas and have limited resolution. Ultrasonic probes of frequencies greater than 5 MHz, which enhance resolution, cannot be used successfully on the skin surface, because they do not penetrate deeply enough to view intraabdominal organs in most ...
E P, Dimagno +4 more
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Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
Contrast agents are increasingly being used to characterize the vasculature in an organ of interest, to better delineate benign from malignant pathology and to aid in staging and directing therapeutic procedures. We review the mechanisms of action of first, second and third generation contrast agents and their use in various endoscopic procedures in ...
Reddy, Nischita K +6 more
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Endoscopic ultrasonography