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Contribution of New Technologies to Endoscopic Imaging

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A thorough endoscopic visualization of the small-bowel mucosa is essential for reaching an accurate diagnosis and treating the respective disease. Standard white-light endoscopes permit gross examination of the small-bowel mucosa. The introduction of magnification or zoom endoscopy has increased our ability to analyze the mucosal details. With the application of dyes and zoom-magnification endoscopy, further architectural features of the mucosa can be elucidated. New techniques, especially computed virtual chromoendoscopy (NBI, FICE, i-Scan), have enhanced the optical capabilities for the evaluation of gut mucosal lesions. Recently, confocal endomicroscopy was proposed for the study of the small-bowel mucosa.

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    Giuseppe Galloro, Luca Magno, Simona Ruggiero, Ferdinando Fusco & Tiziana Rappa

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Galloro, G., Magno, L., Ruggiero, S., Fusco, F., Rappa, T. (2012). Contribution of New Technologies to Endoscopic Imaging. In: Trecca, A. (eds) Ileoscopy. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2345-1_4

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