Title :
A miniature device aiming for long-term surveillance of nasopharynx cancer
Author :
Wei Liu ; Hongliang Ren ; Chwee Ming Lim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
In this paper, we proposed a wireless and miniature device for long-term surveillance for nasopharynx cancer. The device was composed with Φ3.5mm diameter mini-camera, 2.4GHz wireless emitter and rechargeable 80mAh lithium-ion battery. The miniature camera was attached on the surface of the vomer bone. The captured image from the device was performed with sobel edge detection algorithm to extract the contour of artificial marker. The validity of the proposed device was assessed by the present experiment.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; bone; cameras; cancer; edge detection; image capture; medical image processing; camera; contour extraction; current 80 mA; frequency 2.4 GHz; image capture; long-term surveillance; miniature device; nasopharynx cancer; rechargeable lithium-ion battery; size 3.5 mm; sobel edge detection algorithm; vomer bone surface; wireless emitter device; Batteries; Bones; Cameras; Cancer; Image edge detection; Magnetic resonance imaging; Wireless communication; Nasopharynx; camera; implants; miniature device;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-BIO), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Singapore
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2013.6756242
