The Efficacy of Linked Color Imaging in the Endoscopic Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Table 2

The mean visibility scores of BE in WLI, LCI, and BLI-b modes.

	WLI	LCI	BLI-b	value (WLI vs. LCI)	value (WLI vs. BLI-b)	value (LCI vs. BLI-b)
All BEs ()
All,				<0.01	0.019	<0.01
Expert,				<0.01	0.49	<0.01
Trainee,				<0.01	0.014	<0.01
SSBEs ()
All,				<0.01	0.023	<0.01
Expert,				<0.01	0.482	<0.01
Trainee,				<0.01	0.018	<0.01
LSBEs ()
All,				0.01	0.575	0.01
Expert,				<0.01	1.00	0.013
Trainee,				0.021	0.528	0.016

Wilcoxon signed-rank test, . WLI: white light imaging; LCI: linked color imaging; BLI-b: blue laser imaging bright; BE: Barrett’s esophagus; SSBE: short-segment Barrett’s esophagus; LSBE: long-segment Barrett’s esophagus; SD: standard deviation.