Combined with the plastic lens, the camera offers a claimed 140° viewing angle and 0.1-mm feature resolution within the GI tract being imaged. Behind the imager layer is a pair of Eveready No. 399 ...

A team of researchers at George Washington University has developed an ingestible pill camera that can be “driven” around the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The device is the first of its kind ...

More information: Hyeon-Cheol Park et al, Multifunctional Ablative Gastrointestinal Imaging Capsule (MAGIC) for Esophagus Surveillance and Interventions, BME Frontiers (2024). DOI: 10.34133/bmef ...

Scientists are increasingly finding that the gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a vital role in our overall health. While its ...

Capsule endoscopy uses a wireless camera encased in a pill capsule to take pictures of the GI tract. The size of the capsules varies, but they are approximately 1.1 centimeters (cm) by 1.6 cm .

Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that allows doctors to use a small, wireless camera to view your digestive tract. Learn about how it’s done, what to expect, and more.

Ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for a while, but they’re severely limited and not controllable by physicians, relying entirely on the digestive system for movement.

This pill-sized device may one day allow diagnosis and monitoring of digestive or gastrointestinal disorders with a process that’s relatively comfortable for patients — best of all, it could ...

Adrian Thiessen, an Ontario-based filmmaker and documentarian, was well aware of the irony of swallowing a tiny, pill-sized camera, even before he gulped down the device. "Being a film dude, I was ...

More information: Hyeon-Cheol Park et al, Multifunctional Ablative Gastrointestinal Imaging Capsule (MAGIC) for Esophagus Surveillance and Interventions, BME Frontiers (2024). DOI: 10.34133/bmef.0041 ...