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Nat Med
; 19(2): 238-40, 2013 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23314056
ABSTRACT
Here we introduce tethered capsule endomicroscopy, which involves swallowing an optomechanically engineered pill that captures cross-sectional microscopic images of the gut wall at 30 µm (lateral) × 7 µm (axial) resolution as it travels through the digestive tract. Results in human subjects show that this technique rapidly provides three-dimensional, microstructural images of the upper gastrointestinal tract in a simple and painless procedure, opening up new opportunities for screening for internal diseases.