| Theme | New developments in capsule/balloon-assisted endoscopy | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Colorectal cancer screening with colon capsule endoscopy | |
| Publish Date | 2013/12 | |
| Author | Yasuo Kakugawa | Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| Author | Minori Matsumoto | Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| Author | Yutaka Saito | Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | The PillCam® COLON capsule endoscopy (CCE) (Given Imaging Ltd, Yoqneam, Israel) is one of the most recent diagnostic technologies designed to explore the colorectum. The first generation CCE was released in 2006. The second generation (PillCam COLON 2 ; CCE-2), with increased sensitivity, was released in 2009. The CCE-2 has 2 imagers with a much wider angle of view of 172o per imager, allowing nearly 360o coverage of the colon by use of two imagers. The most unique feature of the CCE-2 is its adaptive frame rate (AFR). This new technology allows the CCE-2 to capture 35 images per second when in motion and 4 images per second when virtually stationary. The per-patient CCE-2 sensitivity for detecting polyps > 6 mm has been reported to be 84-91 %. The recent advances in this modality may off er physicians the option of screening for colorectal lesions noninvasively. | |