Capsule Endoscopy In Evaluation of Gastro-Intestinal-Tract Diseases

Abstract

To day Capsule endoscopy is considered the most recent technique

for evaluation of gastro-intestinal-tract disease . Since producing the world's first gastrocamera in 1950, many companies h e achieved several milestones in field of endoscopy. Over fifty years of endos opic imaging experience have gone into the wireless capsule endoscopy (WC ).Gastrologists can now enjoy the operational ease and efficiency of caps le endoscopy for minimally invasive observation of gastro-intestinal-tract d seases.

There are different types of capsules fo specific anatomical regions of the Gl tract. [n addition to the small-bow I video capsules, innovative capsules with 2 video camera heads were devel ped. One such capsule, which was introduced in 2005, is for examination of he esophagus and another one was recently introduced for the colon• This Ia er capsule underwent clinical trials in Europe and the United States, wher it is compared with routine colonoscopy.

A capsule system comprises 4 primary components: (I) an ingestible video capsule, (2) a recording device, (3) a orkstation, with (4) physician