colonoscopy

A surgery session
By  Adam Ang 12:17 am November 17, 2021
Shanghai-based startup Wision AI has received Europe's CE mark for its AI-enabled polyp detection software used in colonoscopy.  WHAT IT DOES The startup describes its EndoScreener as a real-time computer-aided diagnosis software that assists endoscopists by simultaneously notifying and sounding an alarm when a polyp has been detected during colonoscopy. Based on a study, the software device has...
By  Brian Dolan 04:36 am July 20, 2009
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the use of a wireless pill camera, like Given Imaging's PillCam, in its current generation, is not as effective as a traditional colonoscopy procedure.  PillCam is an alternative to endoscopy, which requires the insertion of a long tube into a patient, a procedure that often necessitates sedation. PillCam's camera...