3D image reconstruction in the diagnosis of small-bowel masses

Emanuele Rondonotti, MD, PhD from Valduce Hospital in Como, Italy discusses his article "Utility of 3-dimensional image reconstruction in the diagnosis of small-bowel masses in capsule endoscopy (with video)." The primary focus of this study was to evaluate whether "coupling" three-dimensional (3D) reconstructed video clips with their standard two-dimensional (2D) counterparts helps in distinguishing masses …

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Capsule endoscopy localization

Neil B. Marya, MD from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts discusses his article "Computerized 3-dimensional localization of a video capsule in the abdominal cavity: validation by digital radiography." The main purpose of this study was to test a new radiofrequency capsule localization system in healthy human volunteers. In the absence of …

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Colon capsule endoscopy after incomplete colonoscopy

Konstantinos Triantafyllou, MD, PhD at the Hepatogastroenterology Unit at Athens University, Attikon University General Hospital in Athens, Greece, summarizes his Original Article "Colon capsule endoscopy is feasible to perform after incomplete colonoscopy and guides further workup in clinical practice." The purpose of this study was to prospectively investigate the feasibility of colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) following …

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GIE Author Interview Series- Christopher Marshall and David Cave

Authors Christopher Marshall and David R. Cave discuss their article "Timing of video capsule endoscopy relative to overt obscure GI bleeding: implications from a retrospective study" from the May issue in this video from GIE's Author Interview Series. Read the article abstract here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6TRiUp_btg The information presented in Endoscopedia reflects the opinions of the authors and does …

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