METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH ENCAPSULATED IMAGING AND THERAPY DEVICES, COUPLED WITH AN EXTRACORPOREAL IMAGING DEVICE

摘要

A medical system has an endoscopy system and an extracorporeal imaging system and a patient positioning device. The endoscopy system includes an intracorporeally movable capsule that is navigable within the body of a patient by a magnetic coil system within a tube-like working volume formed by the magnetic coil system. An encapsulated imaging unit in the endoscopy capsule obtains image data associated with a medical finding. The spatial coordinates of the medical finding identified by the encapsulated imaging unit are relayed to the extracorporeal image acquisition system to allow an extracorporeal image to be obtained based on those spatial coordinates.