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Linked color imaging improves the diagnostic accuracy of eosinophilic esophagitis.

Yasuhiko Abe, Yu Sasaki, Makoto Yagi, Naoko Mizumoto, Yusuke Onozato, Takashi Kon, Masakuni Shoji, Kazuhiro Sakuta, Takayuki Sakai, Matsuki Umehara and 4 more

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Article in DEN open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yasuhiko AbeDivision of Endoscopy Yamagata University Hospital Yamagata Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-4802
Yu SasakiDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Makoto YagiDivision of Endoscopy Yamagata University Hospital Yamagata Japan.
Naoko MizumotoDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Yusuke OnozatoDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Takashi KonDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Masakuni ShojiDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Kazuhiro SakutaDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Takayuki SakaiDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Matsuki UmeharaDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Minami ItoDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Shuhei NakamuraDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Hidemoto TsuchidaDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Yoshiyuki UenoDepartment of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine Yamagata University Yamagata Japan.
Yamagata University · JPYamagata University Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the usefulness of linked color imaging (LCI), a recently developed image-enhanced endoscopy technique, in the endoscopic diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Methods: Thirty white light images (WLIs) and 30 WLI+LCI images collected from patients with and without EoE were randomly and blindly reviewed by 10 endoscopists, including four experts (Exs) and six non-Exs. Edema, ring, exudate furrows, and strictures were rated on the adjusted EoE endoscopic reference score; the diagnosis of EoE was assessed. Using the kappa value, inter- and intra-observer agreements were analyzed among endoscopists. Results: WLI+LCI images had a higher diagnostic accuracy for EoE than WLIs (0.85 vs. 0.70, respectively), especially in non-Exs or endoscopists with no experience with EoE patients. Inter-observer agreement for WLI+LCI images statistically surpassed WLIs for furrows (kappa, 0.73 vs. 0.67, respectively; Conclusions: LCI can contribute to the improvement of the endoscopic diagnosis for EoE, with "moderate" to "substantial" consistency, by enhancing the visibility of abnormal findings, leading to reduced diagnostic disparities among endoscopists.

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endoscopic diagnosiseosinophilic esophagitisinter‐observer agreementintra‐observer agreementlinked color imaging

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PMID35898847
PMCPMC9310047
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