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Blue laser imaging
Blue laser imaging (BLI) is an image-enhanced endoscopy technique launched by Fujifilm in 2012 that uses 410 nm laser light to highlight superficial microvessels in the digestive tract.
Chromoendoscopy
Chromoendoscopy is an endoscopic diagnostic technique that applies dyes such as methylene blue, Lugol's iodine, and indigo carmine to the gastrointestinal lining to highlight lesions.
Confocal laser endomicroscopy
Confocal laser endomicroscopy, also called confocal endomicroscopy, is an endoscopic imaging method using a low-power laser to give real-time, cellular-level images of the gastrointestinal lining.
Endocytoscopy
Endocytoscopy (EC) is an endoscopic imaging technique giving real-time microscopic views of living gastrointestinal mucosa by pressing an ultra-high-magnification contact endoscope against stained tissue, often described as an optical biopsy.
Endomicroscopy
Endomicroscopy is microscopic imaging of living tissue during an endoscopic procedure, most often by confocal laser scanning, giving endoscopists a real-time optical biopsy at cellular resolution.
High-resolution microendoscopy
High-resolution microendoscopy (HRME) is a fluorescence imaging technique that passes a miniature fiber-bundle probe through a standard endoscope to image epithelial tissue at cellular resolution in real time.
Linked color imaging
Linked color imaging (LCI) is a Fujifilm endoscopy mode that amplifies reds and whites to increase color contrast, detecting early gastric cancers and colon adenomas better than white light.
Magnifying endoscopy
Magnifying endoscopy is an endoscopic technique using optical zoom of 6-fold to 150-fold, typically with narrow-band imaging, to characterize gastrointestinal lesions with over 90% diagnostic accuracy.
Microendoscopy
Microendoscopy is a minimally invasive diagnostic technique that passes miniaturized optical probes into the body to image living tissue at the cellular level, enabling targeted biopsies.
Narrow band imaging
Narrow band imaging is an endoscopic technique that filters light into narrow wavelengths absorbed by hemoglobin, highlighting mucosal blood vessels to help distinguish neoplastic tissue.
Tethered capsule endomicroscopy
Tethered capsule endomicroscopy (TCE) is a sedation-free imaging method in which a swallowed, tethered capsule captures microscopic images of the esophageal lining, used to screen for Barrett's esophagus.
Virtual chromoendoscopy
Virtual chromoendoscopy is a gastrointestinal endoscopic imaging technique that uses optical filters or digital image processing, such as narrow band imaging, to highlight mucosal and vascular patterns without spraying dye.
Volumetric laser endomicroscopy
Volumetric laser endomicroscopy (VLE) is a balloon-based endoscopic imaging method that uses optical coherence tomography to produce wide-field images of the esophageal wall, mainly to detect dysplasia and Barrett's esophagus.
White light endoscopy
White light endoscopy (WLE) is the standard endoscopic imaging technique that illuminates internal body surfaces with broadband visible white light, recording true-to-life color images of the mucosa.