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Can Children Teach Themselves?

[caption id="attachment_11072" align="alignright" width="202" caption="Sugata Mitra"] [/caption]Sugata Mitra gave street kids in a slum in New Delhi access to a computer connected to the Internet, a...

Single-Fiber Endoscope Provides Four-Fold Resolution

A prototype needle-thin endoscope could lead to an era of minimally invasive devices able to view features out of...

Single-fiber endoscope improves resolution fourfold

Engineers at Stanford have demonstrated a high-resolution endoscope that is as thin as a human hair with a resolution four times better than previous devices of similar design.

Micro-Endoscope - As Thin As A Human Hair

Engineers at Stanford have demonstrated a high-resolution endoscope that is as thin as a human hair with a resolution four times better than previous devices of similar design. The so-called micro-end...

High-def endoscope lets doctors "resect and discard" more colorectal polyps

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new Olympus endoscope, not yet commercially available, can diagnose small colorectal polyps with high confidence and nearly 96% accuracy, as judged against pathology...

EndoChoice takes over German-based endoscope manufacturer

US gastrointestinal endoscopy company EndoChoice has purchased German-based endoscope manufacturer RMS Endoskopie-Technik.

Patients with Barrett's esophagus benefit from endoscope-based therapies

According to a new study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, patients with Barrett's esophagus and early or pre-cancerous cells have been shown to sign...

A high-resolution endoscope as thin as a human hair

(Stanford School of Engineering) Engineers at Stanford have developed a prototype single-fiber endoscope that improves the resolution of these much-sought-after instruments fourfold over existing desi...

A new variable-view rigid endoscope evaluated in advanced gynecologic laparoscopy: a pilot study.

BACKGROUND: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the optical performance and clinical handling of a new variable-view rigid endoscope with angulation from 0º to 120º in gynecologic laparoscopic surger...

Clinical issues-october 2012.

Cross contamination of paper forms used in health care facilities Key words: inoculate, cross contamination, paper forms. Manual cleaning of flexible endoscopes Key words: flexible endoscope, endoscop...

Magnetic endoscopic imaging saves abdominal compression and patient pain in routine colonoscopies.

  Magnetic endoscope imaging (MEI) is a technique for the direct visualisation of endoscope configuration within the colon. This method may prevent loop formation by giving visual feedback of endosc...

Direct peroral cholangioscopy using an ultraslim endoscope and overtube balloon-assisted technique: a case series.

Overtube balloon-assisted direct peroral cholangioscopy (POC) using an ultraslim endoscope may be an effective alternative to the conventional mother-baby endoscope system. A total of 14 patients with...

A beam-splitter-type 3-D endoscope for front view and front-diagonal view images.

PURPOSE: In endoscopic surgery, surgeons must manipulate an endoscope inside the body cavity to observe a large field-of-view while estimating the distance between surgical instruments and the affecte...