‌Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to look inside your gastrointestinal tract. It's a type of endoscopy done using a wireless camera that fits inside a tiny, disposable capsule.

A new 'PillCam' ingestible capsule might be a feasible alternative to conventional upper endoscopy for assessing patients with suspected esophageal disorders. A pilot study by Eliakim et al. has ...

A miniature camera the size of a capsule that is swallowed and that then transmits images of the inside of the gut can reveal cancer and gastrointestinal diseases. The device, which will be studied in ...

While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They moved passively, driven only ...

You swallow a capsule that contains a small disposable camera. The capsule is the size of a vitamin pill. The camera takes lots of pictures as it travels along your gut. The camera sends the pictures ...

Capsule endoscopy is safe but “the sensitivity for detecting colonic lesion[s] is lower than for colonoscopy”, says André Van Gossum, lead researcher of a study that has compared these two methods for ...

While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They moved passively, driven only ...

WASHINGTON (June 1, 2023)—While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They ...

We used wireless-capsule endoscopy 1 to assess patients with obscure or uncontrolled gastrointestinal bleeding. The capsule endoscope contains a miniature video camera, a light source, batteries, and ...

Endoscopy is the insertion of a long, thin tube directly into the body to observe an internal organ — such as the gastrointestinal tract — in detail. Doctors can also use it in imaging, surgery, and ...