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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2012; 18(20): 2502-2510
Published online May 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i20.2502
Published online May 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i20.2502
Cervical inlet patch-optical coherence tomography imaging and clinical significance
Chao Zhou, Tsung-Han Tsai, Hsiang-Chieh Lee, James G Fujimoto, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, United States
Tejas Kirtane, Qin Huang, Hiroshi Mashimo, Gastroenterology Section, VA Boston Healthcare System/Harvard School of Medicine, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02131, United States
Desmond C Adler, Joseph M Schmitt, Light Lab Imaging-St Jude Medical, Inc., Westford, MN 55117-9983, United States
Author contributions: Zhou C, Kirtane T and Mashimo H designed the study; Zhou C, Tsai TH, Lee HC, Adler DC and Schmitt JM developed the optical coherence tomography imaging system; Zhou C, Tsai TH, Lee HC and Mashimo H collected the data; Zhou C, Kirtane T, Tsai TH, Huang Q and Mashimo H analyzed the data; Fujimoto JG and Mashimo H obtained funding for the study; Zhou C, Kirtane T, Fujimoto JG and Mashimo H wrote the manuscript; Fujimoto JG and Mashimo H are principal investigators for this study.
Supported by The VA Boston Healthcare System and NIH grants R01-CA75289-14, to Fujimoto JG and Mashimo H; and K99-EB010071-01A1, to Zhou C; Air Force Office of Scientific Research contract FA9550-10-1-0063, to Fujimoto JG; Medical Free Electron Laser Program contract FA9550-10-1-0551, to Fujimoto JG; and the MIT/CIMIT Medical Engineering Fellowship, to Tsai TH
Correspondence to: Hiroshi Mashimo, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology Section, VA Boston Healthcare System/Harvard School of Medicine, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02131, United States. hmashimo@hms.harvard.edu
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Received: June 24, 2011
Revised: January 9, 2012
Accepted: February 8, 2012
Published online: May 28, 2012
Revised: January 9, 2012
Accepted: February 8, 2012
Published online: May 28, 2012
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