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Next generation of gastrointestinal electrophysiology devices

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This Comment reviews the evolution from early electrophysiological studies to advanced diagnostic tools, highlighting the challenges and innovations shaping the future of gastrointestinal diagnostics.

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Fig. 1: Overview of the integration and representative data processing framework for GIE medical devices.

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  1. General Surgery Department, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Children’s Health, Hangzhou, China

    Haitao Liu, Zhigang Gao & Ning Hu

  2. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Haitao Liu & Ning Hu

  3. David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Siheng Sean You

  4. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Siheng Sean You

  5. Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Yunlong Zhao

  6. National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK

    Yunlong Zhao

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Liu, H., You, S.S., Gao, Z. et al. Next generation of gastrointestinal electrophysiology devices. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 21, 457–458 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-024-00952-x

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