Capsule endoscopy was unveiled at Digestive Disease Week 2000 in San Diego, California, USA, by Paul Swain, gastroenterologist at Imperial College St Mary’s Hospital, London, and Given Imaging, a Yoqneam (Israel) company, as the product of collaborative research and development activities between the two groups.1 The past few years have seen advances in this technology, which is now part of established clinical practice in North America, Europe, the Far East, and Australia, particularly for imaging the small bowel. This article describes current clinical applications of capsule endoscopy and looks at future developments.
Science, medicine and the future: capsule endoscopy
PIETRABISSA, ANDREA;
2009-01-01
Abstract
Capsule endoscopy was unveiled at Digestive Disease Week 2000 in San Diego, California, USA, by Paul Swain, gastroenterologist at Imperial College St Mary’s Hospital, London, and Given Imaging, a Yoqneam (Israel) company, as the product of collaborative research and development activities between the two groups.1 The past few years have seen advances in this technology, which is now part of established clinical practice in North America, Europe, the Far East, and Australia, particularly for imaging the small bowel. This article describes current clinical applications of capsule endoscopy and looks at future developments.File in questo prodotto:
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