Computed image modification for enhancement of small-bowel surface structures at video capsule endoscopy.
Computed virtual chromoendoscopy with the Fujinon intelligent color-enhancement (FICE) system was reported to improve visualization of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions at gastroscopy and colonoscopy. The technique is based on narrowing the bandwidth of the conventional endoscopic image arithmetically by a spectral estimation technology. Implementation of the FICE software in the video capsule workstation might also allow for contrast-enhanced assessment of nature and extent of small-bowel mucosal lesions. Here we propose this novel technique and report on 10 consecutive patients who underwent small-bowel video capsule endoscopy that was evaluated with FICE-enhanced imaging.
Pohl
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J
Department of Gastroenterology, Dr Horst Schmidt Kliniken, Wiesbaden, Germany. pohljuergen@web.de
Aschmoneit
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I
Schuhmann
S
S
Ell
C
C
D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D003116:Color; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D044483:Intestinal Polyposis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008833:Microcirculation