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CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 368-+Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.06.015
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HD Endoscopy; NBI; AFI; FICE; i-scan; Confocal Endomicroscopy
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The rapid strides made in innovative endoscopic technology to improve mucosal visualization have revolutionized endoscopy. Improved lesion detection has allowed the modern endoscopist to provide real-time optical diagnosis. Improvements in image resolution, software processing, and optical filter technology have resulted in the commercial availability of high-definition endoscopy as well as optical contrast techniques such as narrow-band imaging, flexible spectral imaging color enhancement, and i-scan. Along with autofluorescence imaging and confocal laser endomicroscopy, these techniques have complemented and enhanced traditional white light endoscopy. They have the potential to serve as red-flag techniques to improve detection of mucosal abnormalities as well as allow optical diagnosis and virtual histology of detected lesions. This review will focus on these emerging commercially available technologies and aims to provide an overview of the technologies, their clinical applicability, and current status.
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