Patent · US Expired

Imaging method for a capsule-type endoscope unit

US7343036B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Martin Kleen · Neunkirchen, DE
Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2004
Grant date	Mar 11, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/367
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A computer-based 3D imaging method is for a wireless endoscope unit, equipped with a camera, of the size of a capsule that can be swallowed by the patient. A medical apparatus is for the pseudo three-dimensional representation of the surroundings of the endoscope unit. The images recorded by the camera are subjected to a pattern recognition algorithm for identifying common features of chronologically successive individual images. Individual images that show spatially coherent structures are concatenated by superimposing common image features in the course of an image conditioning procedure in order to produce a pseudo three-dimensional representation.

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