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Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2011; 17(1): 53-62
Published online Jan 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i1.53
Table 2 Summary of performance of emerging optical technologies
Type of detectionStudy sizeSensitivity, specificity
AFI60 patients, 116 images91%, 43%[36]
NBI63 patients, 175 images94%, 76%[33]
51 patients, 204 images100%, 98%[34]
21 patients, 75 images89%, 95%[38]
High-resolution imaging (1-15 μm resolution)
OCT33 patients, 314 images68%, 82%[43]
55 patients, 177 images83%, 75%[58]
Endocytoscopy16 patients, 166 images56%, 68% (425 ×)
42%, 83% (1125 ×)[47]
Confocal imaging63 patients, 433 images93%, 98%[48]
38 patients, 296 images75%, 90%[50]