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

Table 5

The color differences () of EAC from the adjacent normal Barrett’s mucosa 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 EACs,				0.034	0.58	0.071
EACs in SSBE,				0.012	0.67	0.025
EACs in LSBE,				0.71	0.71	1.00

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