Improving the image

摘要

A ground-breaking medical device is set for mass production thanks to common sensor technology and advances in miniature components. A collaborative European project led by the Institute for Microelectronics, Stuttgart, is drawing on recent improvements in microelectronics to develop low-cost, less invasive alternatives to traditional endoscopy devices. The EC-funded intracorporeal videoprobe (IVP) project, due to finish in September, is developing two prototype imaging systems capable of high-quality, wireless data transmission. The first of these, IVP1, is a small wired videoprobe with a CMOS imaging sensor, while a more advanced model (IVP2) is an autonomous video-capsule with a telemetric link for image data transfer to an external PC.