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Table 1 Evaluation of the lesion detection rate by the CE trainees for each FICE setting

From: Capsule endoscopy with flexible spectral imaging color enhancement reduces the bile pigment effect and improves the detectability of small bowel lesions

 

Lesions detected by the CE experts (%)

Conventional

Setting 1

Setting 2

Setting 3

Angioectasia

60 (100)

26 (43.3)

40 (66.7)*

38 (63.3)*

31 (51.7)

Erosion/ulceration

82 (100)

38 (46.3)

62 (75.6)†

60 (73.2)†

20 (24.4)‡

  1. *Comparison of conventional CE with FICE settings 1 and 2 by the chi-squared test (P = 0.0017 and P = 0.014, respectively).
  2. †Comparison of conventional CE with FICE settings 1 and 2 by the chi-squared test (P = 0.0012 and P = 0.0094, respectively).
  3. ‡Comparison of conventional CE with FICE setting 3 by the chi-squared test (P = 0.015).