{"title":"Wireless capsule endoscopy and endoscopic imaging: a survey on various methodologies presented.","authors":"Alexandros Karargyris, Nikolaos Bourbakis","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.935466","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is a recently established methodology that offers to medical doctors (gastroenterologists) the capability to examine the interior of the small intestine with a noninvasive procedure. Before the introduction of WCE, it was impossible for a physician to examine tissues of the small intestine without performing a surgical operation. Although WCE has the advantage of investigating the whole digestive system, the viewing and evaluation of each WCE video is a time-consuming process (2-3 h) for MD gastroenterologists. This makes the WCE methodology not widely efficient and acceptable by MDs.</p>","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.935466","citationCount":"80","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.935466","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is a recently established methodology that offers to medical doctors (gastroenterologists) the capability to examine the interior of the small intestine with a noninvasive procedure. Before the introduction of WCE, it was impossible for a physician to examine tissues of the small intestine without performing a surgical operation. Although WCE has the advantage of investigating the whole digestive system, the viewing and evaluation of each WCE video is a time-consuming process (2-3 h) for MD gastroenterologists. This makes the WCE methodology not widely efficient and acceptable by MDs.