The Advanced Role of Diagnostic Endoscopic Ultrasonography

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is recognized for its usefulness not only for diagnosing pancreatobiliary disease but also for assessing various lesions located in the gastrointestinal tract, liver, mediastinum, and retroperitoneum. In recent years, although the progress in therapeutic interventional EUS has been a hot topic, there is still a lot of work being done with diagnostic EUS, especially using new techniques (elastography, contrast enhancement, EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy, etc.). Its diagnostic role is still large and EUS is still an indispensable tool for the management of various diseases. Moreover, EUS diagnosis using artificial intelligence has been an exciting topic. This Special Issue features the progress of diagnostic EUS. We are looking forward to the submission of many papers including original articles and reviews on the hot topic of diagnostic EUS in a wide range of fields. We hope that this Special Issue will contribute to the further development of diagnostic EUS in the future.

Prof. Atsushi Irisawa
Guest Editor

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