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ArticleBMC gastroenterology2023

Texture and color enhancement imaging improves the visibility of gastric neoplasms: clinical trial with image catalogue assessment using conventional and newly developed endoscopes.

Toshiki Futakuchi, Akira Dobashi, Hideka Horiuchi, Hiroto Furuhashi, Hiroaki Matsui, Yuko Hara, Masakuni Kobayashi, Shingo Ono, Naoto Tamai, Kazutaka Gomisawa and 3 more

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Article in BMC gastroenterology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toshiki FutakuchiDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Akira DobashiDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan. akira.dobashi1980@gmail.com.
Hideka HoriuchiDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Hiroto FuruhashiDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Hiroaki MatsuiDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Yuko HaraDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Masakuni KobayashiDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Shingo OnoDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Naoto TamaiDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Kazutaka GomisawaDepartment of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi YamauchiDepartment of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Machi SukaDepartment of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuki SumiyamaDepartment of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Jikei University School of Medicine · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTexture and color enhancement imaging (TXI) enhances the changes in endoscopic features caused by gastric neoplasms, such as redness/whiteness and elevation/depression. This study aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of TXI in improving the visibility of gastric neoplasms compared with white light imaging (WLI) using conventional (CE) and newly developed endoscopes (NE).

methodsWe recruited patients who were histologically diagnosed with gastric neoplasms; endoscopy was performed, and gastric neoplasms photographed using three imaging modalities, including WLI, TXI mode 1 (TXI-1) and TXI mode 2 (TXI-2). Two different endoscopes (CE and NE) were used for the same patients. Six endoscopists provided the visibility scale scores ranging from 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent) for gastric neoplasms. The primary outcome was the visibility scale scores based on each modality and endoscope. The secondary outcome was the identification of factors including H. pylori infection, atrophy, location, size, morphology, histological diagnosis and intestinal metaplasia that affect the differences in visibility scale scores between TXI-1/TXI-2 and WLI.

resultsFifty-two gastric neoplasms were analyzed. The mean visibility scale scores with the NE were 2.79 ± 1.07, 3.23 ± 0.96 and 3.14 ± 0.92 for WLI, TXI-1 and TXI-2, respectively. The mean visibility scales with the CE were 2.53 ± 1.10, 3.04 ± 1.05 and 2.96 ± 1.92 for WLI, TXI-1 and TXI-2, respectively. For both endoscopes, significant differences were observed in visibility scale scores between WLI and TXI-1 (p < 0.001) and between WLI and TXI-2 (p < 0.001). The visibility scale scores of NE were superior to those of CE in all modalities. In the secondary outcome, there was no factor affected the differences of visibility scale scores between TXI-1/TXI-2 and WLI.

conclusionsThis study demonstrated that TXI-1 and TXI-2 enhanced the visibility scale scores of gastric neoplasms compared with that of WLI. Moreover, newly developed endoscope has the potential to improve visibility compared to conventional endoscope.

trial registrationThis study was registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN000042429, 16/11/2020).

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Endoscopy, GastrointestinalImage EnhancementStomach NeoplasmsEndoscopesHumansLightGastric neoplasmsImage enhanced endoscopyTexture and color enhancement imaging

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