FBG sensor devices for spatial shape detection of intelligent colonoscope

Author

Lunwei, Zhang ; Jinwu, Qian ; Linyong, Shen ; Yanan, Zhang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mechatronics Eng. & Autom., Shanghai Univ., China

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

26 April-1 May 2004

Firstpage

834

Abstract

Two novel kinds of slim FBG (fiber Bragg grating) sensor devices and their application are presented, which can show the three-dimensional image of colonoscope shape on a video screen. One of the two kinds of sensor device is for gradual detection; the other is for real-time dynamic reconstruction. The sensing network device comprises a plurality of FBG sensors mounted on the body of a flexible wire. After the colonoscope is advanced in the body, the wire is pushed through the biopsy channel of the colonoscope. It bends with the curvature of the colonoscope. The FBG sensors capture deformation of the sensor wire, and reconstruct the shape of colonoscope. Experiments in the colon of a live swine have been done. Configuration of experimental system and experimental result are also given.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; image reconstruction; image sensors; medical image processing; sensor fusion; FBG sensor device; biopsy channel; colonoscope shape; fiber Bragg grating; gradual detection; intelligent colonoscope; real-time dynamic reconstruction; spatial shape detection; three-dimensional image; video screen; Biopsy; Biosensors; Bragg gratings; Colon; Fiber gratings; Image reconstruction; Image sensors; Intelligent sensors; Shape; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8232-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1307253

Filename

1307253