Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Endoscopy procedures for the digestive system—upper endoscopy and colonoscopy—are similar in that they require preparation and are usually done while the ...

An endoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure. It involves inserting an endoscope, a thin instrument with a camera on the end of it, into the mouth and down to the stomach.

Patients could avoid invasive procedure by swallowing a tiny camera inside a pill in move that could transform bowel cancer diagnosis The cancer cam, known as a colon capsule endoscopy, is ...

Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a tiny wireless camera to take pictures of your digestive tract. A capsule endoscopy camera sits inside a vitamin-size capsule you swallow.

Patients awaiting an endoscopy – a procedure where a camera is fed into the bowel through a thin tube – will soon be instead able to swallow the pill in the comfort of their own homes. The a ...

The device, which will be studied in a trial conducted by the National Health Service (NHS) in England, is used by patients at home instead of having to visit a clinic for an endoscopy.

Capsule endoscopy, also referred to as Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE), or wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is one such technique. Already available in the USA and elsewhere, it is being trialled in ...