Data Processing Tasks in Wireless GI Endoscopy: Image-Based Capsule Localization & Navigation and Video Compression

The paper addresses data processing support that is required in capsule gastrointestinal endoscopy. First, capsule position estimation method using standard MPEG-7 image features (descriptors) is discussed. The proposed approach makes use of vector quantization, principal component analysis and neural networks. Next, new algorithms dedicated for virtual colonoscopy (VC) human body inspection are described. The VC images can be registered with endoscopic ones and help in capsule localization and navigation. Finally, an original, low- complexity, efficient image compression method, based on integer-to-integer 4x4 DCT transform, is presented and experimentally verified.

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