Background: The development of wireless capsule endoscopy allows painless imaging of the small ... Methods: A wireless capsule endoscope was used containing a CMOS colour video imager, transmitter, ...

IDA is one of the most common presentations of obscure GI bleeding and it has several causes, which may be difficult to diagnose by conventional endoscopy ... may lead to capsule retention.

Abstract: A wireless capsule endoscopy is a noninvasive medical device designed for human gastrointestinal tract diagnosis. The localization function of the capsule provides a real‐time monitoring on ...

Adarsh Sandhu spoke to Olympus Medical Systems about their latest developments in endoscopy ... a wireless antenna. The biggest advantage is that it is painless. Patients swallow the capsule ...

It is much more than that. Its 60 or so contributors deal with absolutely everything you could want to know about capsule endoscopy, from history to future developments. Indeed, the future ...

The primary use of capsule endoscopy is to examine areas of the small intestine that cannot be seen by other types of endoscopy such as colonoscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Disclaimer: ...

Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is being increasingly used to investigate small bowel pathology. It is the gold standard for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia. VCE has ...