Volumetric Mapping of Barrett’s Esophagus and Dysplasia With en face Optical Coherence Tomography Tethered Capsule
To the Editor: Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus (BE) is patchy ( 1 ) and sometimes missed by random biopsies. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can image large areas of the esophagus; however, slow imaging speeds in earlier studies limited visualization to cross-sections. Cross-sectional OCT detected high-grade dysplasia with sensitivity / specificity of ~80 % ( 2 , 3 ). Tethered OCT capsules were demonstrated for cross-sectional imaging in unsedated screening to detect BE ( 4 , 5 ). Our group recently developed ultrahigh-speed OCT for en face and angiographic imaging, using micromotor probes in patients ( 6 , 7 ) and large field-of-view tethered capsule devices in swine ( 8 ). Narrow-band imaging (NBI) visualizes ...
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