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Displaying image data from a scanner capsule

  • US 9,788,708 B2
  • Filed: 05/13/2016
  • Issued: 10/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gastro intestinal (GI) tract imaging arrangement, comprising:

  • an ingestible imaging pill configured to capture a plurality of images of portions of a GI tract of an animal as the ingestible imaging pill passes through the GI tract, wherein the plurality of images includes a first plurality of images captured after movement of the ingestible imaging pill in a first direction and a second plurality of images captured after movement of the ingestible imaging pill in a second direction, the first direction being different from the second direction; and

    an interactive signal processing device configured to merge the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images to provide a merged image of the GI tract for display and to enlarge a subset of the merged image in a manner dictated by a human operator, a resolution of the subset of the merged image being greater than a resolution of the merged image.

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