Real-Time Image Analysis of Capsule Endoscopy for Bleeding Discrimination in Embedded System Platform

Image processing for capsule endoscopy requires large memory and it takes hours for diagnosis since operation time is normally more than 8 hours. A real-time analysis algorithm of capsule images can be clinically very useful. It can differentiate abnormal tissue from health structure and provide with correlation information among the images. Bleeding is our interest in this regard and we propose a method of detecting frames with potential bleeding in real-time. Our detection algorithm is based on statistical analysis and the shapes of bleeding spots. We tested our algorithm with 30 cases of capsule endoscopy in the digestive track. Results were excellent where a sensitivity of 99% and a specificity of 97% were achieved in detecting the image frames with bleeding spots.

Authors:

• Yong-Gyu Lee
• Gilwon Yoon

Keywords:

• bleeding
• capsule endoscopy
• image processing
• real time analysis

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