PILL CAMERA

BY

MOHAMMAD AAMIR ARAFAT

KIT&PS
 CONTENTS
Introduction
Description
Why Pill Camera
Components of a Pill Camera
Working
Images Obtained by Capsule Camera
Advantages
Disadvantages
Conclusion
 Introduction to Capsule Camera

A Pill Camera is also called as Capsule Camera

Introduced in the year 2000 by Gabriel Iddan
Approved by U.S. Food & Drug administration
The camera has the size of the pill or a capsule which will
go inside the body
Helps to diagnose the stomach related problems by going
inside the body
Reduce the drawback of painful endoscopy
 DESCRIPTION

Consists of a Disposable Camera, Disposable LEDs, a

Battery, & a built-in Antenna

This whole System is known as the Diagnostic-Imaging

System
 WHY PILL CAMERA????
Pill Camera can easily diagnose stomach related
problems without any severe pain

Earlier a process called Endoscopy was used

which was painful and required sedation

Patient has to only eat the pill and all the

stomach related problems can be diagnosed
 COMPONENTS OF A PILL
CAMERA

The Pill Camera consist of the following important parts

Optical Dome
Lens Holder
Lens
CMOS Image Sensor
Battery
ASIC Transmitter & Antennae
 OPTICAL DOME
This shape results in the easy orientation of the capsule
axis along the small intestine

The Optical Dome consists of the Light Receiving Window

 LENS HOLDER
Lens holder accommodate the Lens such

that the Lens does not get dislocated

 LENS
Most important component of the capsule

Arranged behind the Light Receiving

Window

The Light through the window falls on the

Lens
 ILLUMINATING LEDS
Placed around the Lens & the Image
Sensor
Helps to illuminate the parts inside the
stomach
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Another most Important Part of a Pill
M Camera
OS CMOS sensor is used to record high
quality Images
IM Has 140 degree field of view & can
detect objects of 0.1mm
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B The battery is placed behind the Image
Sensor and is in the form of a small
AT button

TE Battery is made up of Silver Oxide

which is disposable & not harmful to the
RY body
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ASIC(Application Specific Integrated
Circuit) Transmitter is received behind
the batteries with an antenna
arranged at the end of the capsule.

It is enclosed in the dome shaped

Chamber
 interior of the
stomach & the

W
image sensor
records the images
The reciever is

OR worn by the
patients in the
form of the belt on
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the stomach
The images are

NG passed through the

Transmitting
Antenna to the

OF reciever in the
form of EM waves
and record the

A images into
memory.

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A computer
workstation
process the & the

L doctor examines
the images &
diagnose the

CA problem

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ADVANTAGES

No side effect
Painless as compared to endoscopy
Dont cause any harm to the body
Consumes Less time & gives good
results
 DISADVATNAGES
Pill Camera is very
Expensive
Doctors will charge
huge fee from the
patients for carrying
this test
Sometimes, Camera
can get stuck in the
small intestines if there
exists some obstruction
inside intestines
CONCLUSIONS
Pill Camera has a Bright future which
will
help the doctors to diagnose the
stomach
related diseases more easily but
severe
steps need to be taken to overcome
the
drawbacks
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