KMID : 1137820100310050335
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ÀÇ°øÇÐȸÁö 2010 Volume.31 No. 5 p.335 ~ p.343
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Current and Future Technologies for a Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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Chee Young-joon
Woo Ji-Hwan
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Abstract
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This article presents a review of technologies for an endoscope. The classification according to the clinical applications and the imaging modalities are summarized. The major parts are focused on describing the gastrointestinal endoscope¡¯s structures and mechanisms. The details of the image enhanced endoscopic techniques, such as NBI (narrow band imaging), OCT (optical coherence tomography), and EUS (endoscopic ultrasound), are also explained. Finally, the trend of NOTES (natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery) which is new fusion technology in the field of endoscopic diagnosis and surgery is introduced.
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KEYWORD
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endoscope, CCD, gastrointestinal endoscope, image enhanced endoscope, electronic endoscope, NOTES, spectral imaging
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