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2. Capsule endoscopy - Wikipedia

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   Capsule endoscopy is a medical procedure used to record internal images of the gastrointestinal tract for use in disease diagnosis. Newer developments are also able to take biopsies and release medication at specific locations of the entire gastrointestinal tract. [1] Unlike the more widely used endoscope, capsule endoscopy provides the ability ...

3. Endoluminal capsule monitoring - Wikipedia

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   Endoluminal capsule monitoring is a non-invasive medical diagnostic procedure which uses a miniaturized wireless radio transmitter embedded into an ingestible water-tight capsule. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The patient ingests the capsule and while it transits through the gastrointestinal system , it sends signals to the outside, which are captured by a radio ...

4. Upper gastrointestinal series - Wikipedia

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   [3] [6] Although barium X-ray examinations are increasingly being replaced by more modern techniques, such as computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound imaging, endoscopy and capsule endoscopy, [7] barium contrast imaging remains in common use because it offers the advantages of greater affordability, wider availability, [1 ...

5. Endoscope - Wikipedia

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   A European consortium of the SME is working on the DUET (disposable use of endoscopy tool) project to build a disposable endoscope. [26] Capsule endoscopy Capsule endoscopes are pill-sized imaging devices that are swallowed by a patient and then record images of the gastrointestinal tract as they pass through naturally. Images are typically ...

6. Double-balloon enteroscopy - Wikipedia

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   Double-balloon enteroscopy offers a number of advantages to other small bowel image techniques, including barium imaging, wireless capsule endoscopy and push enteroscopy: It allows for visualization of the entire small bowel to the terminal ileum. [1] It allows for the application of therapeutics. [9]

7. Gavriel Iddan - Wikipedia

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   Gavriel Iddan is an Israeli electro-optical engineer and the inventor of wireless capsule endoscopy.Initially at RAFAEL Armament Development Authority working on guided missile technology, Iddan got the idea for an endoscopic capsule while on sabbatical in Boston from a neighbour of his, an Israeli gastroenterologist suffering from undiagnosed stomach pain.