title: Endoscopy--40 years since fiber optics. Any light at the end of the tunnel?
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. bhirschowitz@gihep.uab.edu
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Hirschowitz
mesh_terms: D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal / Q000266:history; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D055100:Optical Fibers