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Wireless Capsule Endoscopy
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Over the last decade, WCE has established itself as a valuable test for imaging the small intestine. It is a safe and relatively easy procedure to perform that can provide valuable information in the diagnosis of small-bowel conditions. Its applications still remain limited within the esophagus and colon. Future developments may include improving visualization within the esophagus and developin...
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The wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE), is an imaging technology which is recently established and doesn’t require any wired device. This device detects abnormalities in GI tract i.e.( colon, esophagus, small intestine and stomach). A WCE video consists of 57000 images. It is very hard to examine by clinicians. To determine bleeding images out of fifty seven thousand WCE images makes the task ver...
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A 55 year-old patient was attended at our institution due to epigastric pain. She had suffered an apendicectomy in her childhood and an endometrial carcinoma treated with surgery and radiotherapy 10 years ago. She had been attended at emergency room on several occasions for nausea, bilious vomiting, and abdominal pain. No abnormalities were seen either on her analyses or in her abdominal X-ray....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.suppl_4.iv48