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In situ characterization of two wireless transmission schemes for ingestible capsules
We report the experimental in situ characterization of 30-40 MHz and 868 MHz wireless transmission schemes for ingestible capsules, in porcine carcasses. This includes a detailed study of the performance of a magnetically coupled near-field very high-frequency (VHF) transmission scheme that requires only one eighth of the volume and one quarter of the power consumption of existing 868-MHz solutions. Our in situ measurements tested the performance of four different capsules specially constructed for this study (two variants of each transmission scheme), in two scenarios. One mimicked the performance of a body-worn receiving coil, while the other allowed the characterization of the direction-dependent signal attenuation due to losses in the surrounding tissue. We found that the magnetically coupled near-field VHF telemetry scheme presents an attractive option for future, miniturized ingestible capsules for medical applications
Electromagnetic radiation from ingested sources in the human intestine between 150 MHz and 1.2 GHz
The conventional method of diagnosing disorders of the human gastro-intestinal (GI) tract is by sensors embedded in cannulae that are inserted through the anus, mouth, or nose. However, these cannulae cause significant patient discomfort and cannot be used in the small intestine. As a result, there is considerable ongoing work in developing wireless sensors that can be used in the small intestine. The radiation characteristics of sources in the GI tract cannot be readily calculated due to the complexity of the human body and its composite tissues, each with different electrical characteristics. In addition, the compact antennas used are electrically small, making them inefficient radiators. This paper presents radiation characteristics for sources in the GI tract that should allow for the optimum design of more efficient telemetry systems. The characteristics are determined using the finite-difference time-domain method with a realistic antenna model on an established fully segmented human body model. Radiation intensity outside the body was found to have a Gaussian-form relationship with frequency. Maximum radiation occurs between 450 and 900 MHz. The gut region was found generally to inhibit vertically polarized electric fields more than horizontally polarized fields
Use of a 3-D Wireless Power Transfer Technique as a Method for Capsule Localization
Capsule endoscopy has been heralded as a technological milestone in the diagnosis and therapeutics of gastrointestinal (GI) pathologies. The location and position of the capsule within the GI tract are important information for subsequent surgical intervention or local drug delivery. Accurate information of capsule location is therefore required during endoscopy. Although radio frequency (RF)-based, magnetic tracking and video localization have been investigated in the past, the complexity of those systems and potential inaccuracy in the localization data necessitate the scope for further research. This article proposes the dual use of a wireless power transfer (WPT) configuration as a method to enable the determination of the location of an endoscopic capsule. Measurements conducted on a homogeneous agar-based liquid phantom predict a maximum error of 12% between the calculated and measured trajectories of the capsule in a working volume of 100 mm mm mm
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Wireless capsule gastrointestinal endoscopy: direction of arrival estimation based localization survey
One of the significant challenges in Capsule Endoscopy (CE) is to precisely determine the pathologies location. The localization process is primarily estimated using the received signal strength from sensors in the capsule system through its movement in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Consequently, the wireless capsule endoscope (WCE) system requires improvement to handle the lack of the capsule instantaneous localization information and to solve the relatively low transmission data rate challenges. Furthermore, the association between the capsuleâs transmitter position, capsule location, signal reduction and the capsule direction should be assessed. These measurements deliver significant information for the instantaneous capsule localization systems based on TOA (time of arrival) approach, PDOA (phase difference of arrival), RSS (received signal strength), electromagnetic, DOA (direction of arrival) and video tracking approaches are developed to locate the WCE precisely. The current article introduces the acquisition concept of the GI medical images using the endoscopy with a comprehensive description of the endoscopy system components. Capsule localization and tracking are considered to be the most important features of the WCE system, thus the current article emphasizes the most common localization systems generally, highlighting the DOA-based localization systems and discusses the required significant research challenges to be addressed
Localization for capsule endoscopy at UWB frequencies using an experimental multilayer phantom
[EN] Localization inside the human body using ultrawideband (UWB) wireless technology is gaining importance in several medical applications such as capsule endoscopy. Performance analysis of RF based localization techniques are mainly conducted through simulations using numerical human models or through experimental measurements using homogeneous phantoms. One of the most common implemented RF localization approaches uses the received signal strength (RSS). However, to the best of our knowledge, no experimental measurements employing multilayer phantoms are currently available in literature. This paper investigates the performance of RSS-based technique for two-dimensional (2D) localization by employing a two-layer experimental phantom-based setup. Preliminary results on the estimation of the in-body antenna coordinates show that RSS-based method can achieve a location accuracy on average of 0.5-1 cm within a certain range of distances between in-body and on-body antenna.This work was supported by the European Unionâs H2020:MSCA:ITN program for the âWireless In-body Environment Communication- WiBECâ project under the grant agreement no. 675353. This work was also funded by the Programa de Ayudas de InvestigaciĂłn y Desarrollo (PAID-01-16) from Universitat PolitĂšcnica de ValĂšncia and by the Ministerio de EconomĂa y Competitividad, Spain (TEC2014-60258-C2-1-R), by the European FEDER funds.Barbi, M.; PĂ©rez Simbor, S.; GarcĂa Pardo, C.; Andreu EstellĂ©s, C.; Cardona Marcet, N. (2018). Localization for capsule endoscopy at UWB frequencies using an experimental multilayer phantom. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNCW.2018.8369015
Adaptive Wireless Biomedical Capsule Localization and Tracking
Wireless capsule endoscopy systems have been shown as a gold step to develop future
wireless biomedical multitask robotic capsules, which will be utilized in micro surgery, drug
delivery, biopsy and multitasks of the endoscopy. In such wireless capsule endoscopy systems,
one of the most challenging problems is accurate localization and tracking of the capsule inside
the human body. In this thesis, we focus on robotic biomedical capsule localization and
tracking using range measurements via electromagetic wave and magnetic strength based
sensors. First, a literature review of existing localization techniques with their merits and
limitations is presented. Then, a novel geometric environmental coefficient estimation technique
is introduced for time of flight (TOF) and received signal strength (RSS) based range
measurement. Utilizing the proposed environmental coefficient estimation technique, a 3D
wireless biomedical capsule localization and tracking scheme is designed based on a discrete
adaptive recursive least square algorithm with forgetting factor. The comparison between
localization with novel coefficient estimation technique and localization with known coefficient
is provided to demonstrate the proposed techniqueâs efficiency. Later, as an alternative
to TOF and RSS based sensors, use of magnetic strength based sensors is considered. We
analyze and demonstrate the performance of the proposed techniques and designs in various
scenarios simulated in Matlab/Simulink environment
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