OdoCapsule: Next-generation wireless capsule endoscopy with accurate lesion localization and video stabilization capabilities

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 352-360

  Karargyris, Alexandros ^a   Koulaouzidis, Anastastios ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; capsule endoscopy (CE); CMOS image sensors; distance measurement; endoscopes; microcontroller; micromotors; odometer; RF transmitter; video stabilization

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROCONTROLLERS; MICROMOTORS; STABILIZATION; WHEELS;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; ODOMETER; RF TRANSMITTER; VIDEO STABILIZATION;

ENDOSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EX VIVO STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTESTINE INJURY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PERISTALSIS; TRIANGULATION; ANIMAL; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATHOLOGY; PIG; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMALL INTESTINE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84919926281     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2014.2352493     Document Type: Article

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