GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ENDOSCOPY
Online ISSN : 1884-5738
Print ISSN : 0387-1207
ISSN-L : 0387-1207
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE "TV-ENDOSCOPE"
Yukinori OKAZAKIMikio KARITAHiroshi FUJIMURAShigemi ARIYAMASyouichi SUZUKIHajime HARADAKeijirou ANDOOKiyohiro KAWAHARATadayoshi TAKEMOTOSusumu NAGASAKIYoshikazu MINAMIZONOTomohiro TODAOsamu MIURA
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1986 Volume 28 Issue 1 Pages 88-95

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We used a new type "TV-Endoscope" which used the method of micro-TV-camera without fiber optic bundle for imaging. A light-sensitive charge coupled device (CCD) was housed in the tip of the scope and this CCD worked as TV-camera. The signals from CCD were transformed by a videoprocessor and displayed on a TV-monitor. After the basic investigations of mechanic and safety, we applied this scope on 63 patients for upper GI endoscopy. The TV-monitor image and photographs were excellent, and the instrument system was thought to be acceptable for diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. This scope has unique advantage with regard to documentation, demonstration, consultation and training. And, the TV-Endoscope as electronic endoscope may have posibilities such as computer enhancement of the image, computer analysis of findings and space-saving of inf ormations using floppy disks.

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