Micro capsule endoscope for gastro intestinal tract

Tae Song Kim; Si Young Song; Han Jung; Jinseok Kim; Eui-Sung Yoon

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352916

Micro capsule endoscope for gastro intestinal tract

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007:2007:2823-6. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352916.

Authors

Tae Song Kim¹, Si Young Song, Han Jung, Jinseok Kim, Eui-Sung Yoon

Affiliation

¹ Intelligent Microsystem Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Cheongryang, Seoul, 130-650 Korea. [email protected]

PMID: 18002582
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352916

Abstract

A novel capsule endoscope (CE) named "MiRo" was developed based on a completely new transmission technology known as "electric-field propagation." This technology marks the initial achievement of cooperative research between the Intelligent Microsystem Center of KIST, IntroMedic Co., Ltd, and Yonsei University College of Medicine under Korea's Frontier 21 project. The specifications of "MiRo" include real-time image receiving, 10.8 x 24 mm, 3.3 g, 320 x 320 pixel formats, 3 frame/sec, and over 11 hours of battery time.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Capsule Endoscopes*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Tract / anatomy & histology*
Miniaturization
Motion
Robotics