DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA FROM A SCANNER CAPSULE

摘要

An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.

主权项

1. A gastro intestinal (GI) tract imaging arrangement, comprising:
an ingestible imaging pill configured to illuminate and to capture a plurality of portions of a GI tract of an animal as the ingestible imaging pill passes through the GI tract by, wherein the captured plurality of portions of the GI tract comprise a first plurality of portions captured after movement of the ingestible imaging pill in a first direction relative to the GI tract and a second plurality of portions captured after movement of the ingestible imaging pill in a second direction relative to the GI tract, the first direction being different from the second direction; and an interactive signal processing device configured to merge the captured plurality of portions of the GI tract to form a substantially linear representation of the GI tract and to dynamically display the substantially linear representation in a manner dictated by a human operator.