Clinical Endoscopy (Jul 2018)

Current Status of Interpretation of Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy

  • Su Hwan Kim,
  • Dong-Hoon Yang,
  • Jin Su Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2018.095
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 51, no. 4
pp. 329 – 333

Abstract

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Capsule endoscopy (CE) has revolutionized direct small bowel imaging and is widely used in clinical practice. Remote visualization of bowel images enables painless, well-tolerated endoscopic examinations. Small bowel CE has a high diagnostic yield and the ability to examine the entire small bowel. The diagnostic yield of CE relies on lesion detection and interpretation. In this review, issues related to lesion detection and interpretation of CE have been addressed, and the current status of automated reading software development has been reviewed. Clinical significance of an external real-time image viewer has also been described.

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