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Fujinon Inteligent Colour Enhancement - FICE™

As a basic principle, FICE™ is based on spectral estimation technology.

This ground-breaking approach to high-resolution colour enhancement uses a sophisticated algorithm to distinguish separate wavelengths to obtain contrasted images for better delineation of surface pathology.

In the past, the best way to identify blood vessels and small surface details was via chromoendoscopy - the use of vital permanent stains to reveal abnormal mucosa. The concept behind FICE is to perform a virtual chromoendoscopy using the manipulation of light to simulate the chromoendoscopy stain without the mess and permanent marking.

FICE is a more intuitive technique than using optical filters which lack the flexibility to change or customize spectral features, and with each wavelength being adjustable in 5-nm increments the viewing possibilities are vast.

Features and Benefits:

• Variable wavelength settings allow wide ranging appliations
• Ten Patterns of Wavelength Presets
• On Demand Switch of Spectral Defaults

Accurate and reliable endoscopic examination and diagnosis requires detection of subtle structural and color changes such as elevation, depression and superficial patterns of lesions. FICE is a tool that provides a broader range of visualization that increases the physician's diagnostic abilities.

This is an example in which tissue characteristics of surface structures were easier to observe and capillary orientations were clearer.