In Vivo Endoscopy

[KeratinPearls]

Anyone know about in vivo endoscopy and whether this will be used in practice and when?

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[Enkidu]

I'm interested in this too, but I just wanted to point out that "in vivo endoscopy" is a ridiculous name. Isn't all endoscopy in vivo? "in vivo microscopy" might make a little more sense.

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

Admittedly.....that gave me pause too....

 

[Parts Unknown]

Isn't all endoscopy in vivo?

I vote no. The gastrointestinal system is a tube that is continuous with the external environment (like the hole of a doughnut, as they say). Its contents are effectively outside the body. To get in vivo one has to image or physically penetrate tissue.