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ArticleScientific data2025

Galar - a large multi-label video capsule endoscopy dataset.

Maxime Le Floch, Fabian Wolf, Lucian McIntyre, Christoph Weinert, Albrecht Palm, Konrad Volk, Paul Herzog, Sophie Helene Kirk, Jonas L Steinhäuser, Catrein Stopp and 10 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Computer assisted intervention to improve diagnostic yield in capsule endoscopy post ingestion.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Maxime Le Floch *Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany. Maxime.LeFloch@ukdd.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8953-3887
Fabian Wolf *Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Lucian McIntyre *Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Christoph WeinertDiakonissen Krankenhaus Dresden, Gastroenterology, Dresden, Germany.
Albrecht PalmElse Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Konrad VolkElse Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Paul HerzogInstitute of Human Genetics, Ulm University and Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Sophie Helene KirkElse Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Jonas L SteinhäuserElse Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Catrein StoppElse Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Mark Enrik GeisslerDepartment of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Moritz HerzogElse Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0676-6926
Stefan SulkDepartment of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Jakob Nikolas KatherElse Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3730-5348
Alexander MeiningInterventional and Experimental Endoscopy (InExEn), Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Alexander HannInterventional and Experimental Endoscopy (InExEn), Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Steffen PalmMedical Office for Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Dippoldiswalde, Germany.
Jochen HampeElse Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Nora Herzog *Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.
Franz Brinkmann *Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is an important technology with many advantages (non-invasive, representation of small bowel), but faces many limitations as well (time-consuming analysis, short battery lifetime, and poor image quality). Artificial intelligence (AI) holds potential to address every one of these challenges, however the progression of machine learning methods is limited by the avaibility of extensive data. We propose Galar, the most comprehensive dataset of VCE to date. Galar consists of 80 videos, culminating in 3,513,539 annotated frames covering functional, anatomical, and pathological aspects and introducing a selection of 29 distinct labels. The multisystem and multicenter VCE data from two centers in Saxony (Germany), was annotated framewise and cross-validated by five annotators. The vast scope of annotation and size of Galar make the dataset a valuable resource for the use of AI models in VCE, thereby facilitating research in diagnostic methods, patient care workflow, and the development of predictive analytics in the field.

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Capsule EndoscopyArtificial IntelligenceGermanyHumansMachine Learning

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PMID40394033
PMCPMC12092661

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