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[Video-endoscopy and sonography--future developments].

J Stettin
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Video Endoscopy and Video Sonography are new developments in the field of endoscopy. They will start a structural change of the common endoscopy unit. This article shall give an overview about new development ways and their consequences for the next years in the field of Video Endoscopy.

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Endoscopes, GastrointestinalExpert SystemsForecastingHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedUltrasonographyVideo RecordingEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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J Stettin. 1990. [Video-endoscopy and sonography--future developments].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2238760/

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