Open AccessBlue mode does not offer any benefit over white light when calculating Lewis score in small-bowel capsule endoscopy
Author(s) -
Anastasios Koulaouzidis,
Sarah Douglas,
John Plevris
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v4.i2.33
Subject(s) - capsule endoscopy , medicine , calprotectin , gastroenterology , gold standard (test) , cohort , capsule , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , nuclear medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , cancer , botany , biology , disease
To check the usefulness of blue mode (BM) review in lewis score (LS) calculation, by comparing it with respective LS results obtained by white light (WL) small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) review and mucosal inflammation as reflected by faecal calprotectin (FC) levels, considered as 'gold standard' for this study.