Olympus Capsule Endoscopy for Small Bowel Examination
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Cristian Gheorghe, Razvan Iacob, Ion Bancila
Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fundeni Clinical Institute,
Bucharest
Abstract
The video capsule endoscope has been developed to allow for direct
examination of the small bowel in a safe, noninvasive and well-tolerated
manner. The Olympus capsule endoscope, recently developed, with
technology based on a charge-coupled device (CCD) and with electronic
enhancement of image quality, differs from the Given capsule by
a high-resolution CCD and an external real-time image viewer (External
Viewer) monitor. The most frequent indications for video capsule
endoscopy of the small bowel are the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal
bleeding, angiodysplasia, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, hereditary
polyposis syndromes, small bowel tumors.
The following technical imaging review examines the current data
and recent developments pertaining to diagnosis of small bowel
lesions by video capsule endoscopy: indications, contraindications,
diagnostic yield, spectrum of lesions.
Key words
Olympus capsule endoscopy - small intestine - celiac disease -
angiodysplasia - Crohn’s disease
