Capsule Endoscopy: A New Era
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1674
Special Issue Editor
Interests: gastrointestinal endoscopy; colonoscopy; gastroenterology; gastric cancer; gastroscopy; inflammatory bowel disease; medical doctor; endoscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
When it was first introduced in 2000, capsule endoscopy was a breakthrough in the field, enabling a detailed exploration of small bowels. With traditional radiology, the small bowel was the least visible part of the gastrointestinal tract. Colon capsule endoscopy, although it has been shown to be effective, has limited clinical use due to the effectiveness of colonoscopy, which both detects but also removes colonic polyps. Capsule endoscopy is only a diagnostic tool.
However, over the past couple of years, various important advances have been made, including technical improvements in the capsule itself (higher resolution, a wider angle of view, longer lasting battery, etc.), software with accurate artificial intelligence, and even more impressive and magnetically guided capsules with artificial intelligence and robots. With AI, capsule endoscopy has become a true computer tool and its examination could be totally conducted by a nurse to avoid the physician’s long reading time. Guided gastric examination undertaken by a robot is accurate and allows the same total capsule to be examined from the oesophagus, stomach, and small bowel, inducing new indications, especially for non-hematemesis upper and mid-gastrointestinal bleeding. A new era for diagnosis and cancer screening is on the way.
Prof. Dr. Jean François Rey
Guest Editor
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