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Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Imaging

Trial Status: withdrawn

This clinical trial studies whether more detailed (better) images of the gastrointestinal tract can help physicians locate abnormalities (irregularities), such as pre cancer or early cancer of the intestinal tract, more easily using advanced endoscopic imaging. Endoscopes (flexible tubes with camera and light source at the tip) usually produce an image through the use of white light. In advanced endoscopic imaging, the endoscopes create images that are finer, larger or of varying colors through adjustments in the light. They produce an overall more detailed picture of the gastrointestinal tract, that may in turn, make abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract, such as pre-cancer and early cancer, more noticeable.