Video capsule endoscopy articles from across Nature Portfolio

The introduction of white light imaging capsule endoscopy has motivated research to improve its diagnostic capabilities through integration with other sensing modalities. In this Review, the authors summarize studies on non-white light imaging devices, such as those using optical coherence tomography, ultrasonography or biophysical measurements

Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is an important cause of impaired development and stunting in children in the developing world. In this Consensus Statement, the authors assess the potential of optical biopsy technologies to facilitate the study and diagnosis of this global burden.

Video capsule endoscopy has revolutionized the diagnostic work-up in the field of small bowel diseases and could be applied to screening the entire gastrointestinal tract. This Review focuses on computational methods that can be implemented in software to enhance video capsule endoscopy procedures in terms of time efficiency and diagnostic performance.

2013 saw several advances in small bowel endoscopy: new 3D visualization software, increased battery life, side-viewing cameras and higher frame rate. Studies on prokinetics for patient preparation, safety in the elderly, rebleeding after negative capsule endoscopy and defining optimum training requirements for fellows were encouraging. Procedure time and small bowel length evaluated by double-balloon and spiral endoscopy were shown to be comparable.