Frontiers of robotic endoscopic capsules: a review

G Ciuti, R Calio, D Camboni, L Neri, F Bianchi… - Journal of micro-bio …, 2016‏ - Springer
Digestive diseases are a major burden for society and healthcare systems, and with an
aging population, the importance of their effective management will become critical …

Toward embedded detection of polyps in wce images for early diagnosis of colorectal cancer

J Silva, A Histace, O Romain, X Dray… - International journal of …, 2014‏ - Springer
Purpose Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is commonly used for noninvasive
gastrointestinal tract evaluation, including the detection of mucosal polyps. A new …

Optimizing lesion detection in small-bowel capsule endoscopy: from present problems to future solutions

A Koulaouzidis, DK Iakovidis, A Karargyris… - Expert review of …, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
This review presents issues pertaining to lesion detection in small-bowel capsule
endoscopy (SBCE). The use of prokinetics, chromoendoscopy, diagnostic yield indicators …

First clinical trial of a newly developed capsule endoscope with panoramic side view for small bowel: a pilot study

K Friedrich, S Gehrke, W Stremmel… - … of gastroenterology and …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Study Aims Capsule endoscopy is the first‐line diagnostic
technique for the small bowel. However, the inability to visualize the duodenal papilla is an …

An insect eye inspired miniaturized multi-camera system for endoscopic imaging

O Cogal, Y Leblebici - IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we present a miniaturized high definition vision system inspired by insect eyes,
with a distributed illumination method, which can work in dark environments for proximity …

Low power and low complexity compressor for video capsule endoscopy

TH Khan, KA Wahid - … Transactions on Circuits and Systems for …, 2011‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The main challenge in video capsule endoscopic system is to reduce the area and power
consumption while maintaining acceptable video reconstruction. In this paper, a subsample …

3D reconstruction of small bowel lesions using stereo camera-based capsule endoscopy

SJ Nam, YJ Lim, JH Nam, HS Lee, Y Hwang, J Park… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of capsule endoscopic images has been
attempted for a long time to obtain more information on small bowel structures. Due to the …

Design of endoscopic capsule with multiple cameras

Y Gu, X **e, G Li, T Sun, D Wang, Z Yin… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to reduce the miss rate of the wireless capsule endoscopy, in this paper, we
propose a new system of the endoscopic capsule with multiple cameras. A master-slave …

Utility of 3-dimensional image reconstruction in the diagnosis of small-bowel masses in capsule endoscopy (with video)

E Rondonotti, A Koulaouzidis, A Karargyris… - Gastrointestinal …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Background In small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE), differentiating masses (ie, lesions
of higher probability for neoplasia) requiring more aggressive intervention from bulges …

Automatic cell segmentation and nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratio analysis for third harmonic generated microscopy medical images

GG Lee, HH Lin, MR Tsai, SY Chou… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional biopsy procedures require invasive tissue removal from a living subject, followed
by time-consuming and complicated processes, so noninvasive in vivo virtual biopsy, which …