A feasibility study of photoacoustic imaging of ex vivo endoscopic mucosal resection tissues from Barrett’s esophagus patients

Background and study aims Accurate endoscopic detection of dysplasia in patients with Barrett’s esophagus (BE) remains a major clinical challenge. The current standard is to take multiple biopsies under endoscopic image guidance, but this leaves the majority of the tissue unsampled, leading to signi...

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Main Authors: Liang Lim, Catherine J. Streutker, Norman Marcon, Maria Cirocco, Alexandra Lao, Vladimir V. Iakovlev, Ralph DaCosta, Brian C. Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-08-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-111790