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Method and apparatus for displaying information in magnetically guided capsule endoscopy

US8308632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Mario Bechtold · Hemhofen, DE
Aleksandar Juloski · Nuremberg, DE
Hironao Kawano · Tokyo, JP
Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 2010
Grant date	Nov 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2210/41
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A magnetically guided endoscope system has a display system wherein the position of the boundary of the examination region of the magnetic field that is used for capsule endoscope guidance is displayed and/or the position of the peak of the magnetic field used for capsule guidance is displayed. The displayed information can be presented in the form of computer-generated graphics superimposed on a camera image of the patient by a computer, or can be a fixed indicator on the display screen of a display at which a computer causes the camera image of the patient to be displayed at a position that is correctly oriented with respect to the fixed information.

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