Biomimetic tactile sensing capsule

Pipe, Tony; Winstone, Benjamin; Pipe, Anthony G.; Melhuish, Chris; Dogramadzi, Sanja; Callaway, Mark

Abstract

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Here we present a tactile sensing capsule endoscopy system. Whilst current capsule endoscopy utilises cameras to diagnose lesions on the surface of the gastrointestinal tract lumen, this proposal uses remote palpation to stimulate a bio-inspired tactile sensing surface that deforms under the impression of hard raised objects. This provides the capability to characterise tissue density and lesions more deeply than the lumen surface.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Journal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
• Print ISSN: 0302-9743
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9222
• Pages: 113-122
• Book Title: Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems
• ISBN: 9783319229782
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_12
• Keywords: biomimetic, tactile, sensing, capsule
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/831609
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-22979-9_12