Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): Advances in Gastrointestinal Imaging

Table 1

In vivo OCT studies in the human gastrointestinal tract.

Year	Author	Number of patients	Anatomic location/pathology
1997	A. M. Sergeev	3	Esophagus, stomach
2000	B. E. Bouma	32	Barrett’s esophagus
2000	S. Jäckle	22	Esophagus, stomach, colon
2000	M. V. Sivak Jr.	72	Esophagus, stomach, duodenum terminal ileum, colon, rectum
2000	X. D. Li	8	Esophagus
2001	U. Seitz	4	Bile ducts
2001	J. M. Poneros	121	Barrett’s esophagus
2001	G. Zuccaro	69	Esophagus, stomach
2002	J. M. Poneros	5	Bile ducts
2004	B. Shen	70	Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
2005	Isenberg	33	Barrett’s esophagus
2005	V. X. Yang	22	Esophagus, stomach, duodenum
2006	J. A. Evans	55	High grade dysplasia/intramucosal carcinoma in Barrett’s esophagus
2006	P. A. Testoni	15	Pancreatic duct
2006	E. Masci	40	Celiac disease
2007	Y. Chen	50	Barrett’s esophagus
2008	P. Consolo	35	Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
2009	M. Arvanitakis	37	Biliary strictures
2009	D. C. Adler	4	Colon, ulcerative colitis, radiation proctitis
2010	W. Hatta	62	Superficial squamous cell esophageal cancer
2012	T. H. Tsai	13	Barrett’s esophagus
2012	C. Zhou	1	Cervical inlet patch