Capsule endoscopy helps doctors to see inside a patient’s small intestine by using a tiny wireless high-resolution camera located inside a vitamin-sized capsule the patient swallows: The camera shoots ...

A fantastic voyage through the body in a miniature vessel? You probably saw it in a science fiction movie. For patients with intestinal bleeding, it is a reality. Digital chips are so small that a ...

OTTAWA, May 26 - Zarlink Semiconductor has announced that Given Imaging Ltd., maker of a swallowable camera capsule for diagnosis of disease of the gastrointestinal tract, is now using an ultra ...

Using just a single image taken by a capsule endoscopy camera, scientists have succeeded in creating a three-dimensional model of the colon. This new method provides much better images and can help ...

The device comes in a capsule and takes images inside the bowel that are then checked by a doctor. It will be trialled in about 11,000 patients in England to help spot cancer early. NHS England chief ...

Three original images from an artificial colon, taken using an endoscope. The 3D model can be used to adjust the lighting in an original image so that darker areas become better illuminated, as shown ...