EFFICACY OF BLUE LASER IMAGING AND LINKED COLOR IMAGING FOR DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COLORECTAL POLYPS

Abstract

Blue laser imaging (BLI ; Fujifilm Co., Tokyo, Japan) and linked color imaging (LCI) are two systems of narrow band imaging observation in the laser endoscopic system. BLI itself has two modes including BLI mode and BLI-bright mode. The BLI mode is useful for determining tumor characteristics. The BLI-bright mode is brighter than the BLI mode and is useful for tumor detection. On the other hand, LCI is brighter than the BLI-bright mode and may improve colorectal polyp detection. In this chapter, we demonstrate the efficacy of BLI and LCI for detection and characterization of colorectal polyps.