Wireless Endoscope Tracking

Currently, there is no technology in clinical use that can accurately track the position of a capsule endoscope (CE) inside the human body.  Clinicians use images, time stamps and experience to deduct CE location, which is time consuming, inaccurate and error prone.  Queen Mary (QM) researchers (Dr Mohamed Thaha, FMD, and Prof Akram Alomainy, S&E) have developed ‘CE-Track’, a novel technology to accurately track CEs in real-time. QMs non-invasive CE-Track incorporates a logical, iterative, and adaptive algorithm which through the process of trilateration determines the best quality radio signals and translates it into localisation coordinates and optimises it in an iterative fashion.  The technology is compatible with all current CEs on the market without the need for software or hardware changes. The technology has been filed for patent.         

Localisation of implanted endoscope in the digestive system

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