New image‐processing technology for endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration biopsy specimen evaluation in patients with pancreatic cancer

We evaluated the usefulness of a newly developed system with which the total amount of whitish cores in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB) samples is automatically calculated (automated multiband imaging system [AMUS]).From 30 prospectively enrolled patients suspected of having pancreatic cancer, four EUS-FNAB specimens per patient were obtained. Following AMUS calculations, two specimens were prepared after...