Pharmaceutical International News - November 2011 Camera Pill To
Offer High Definition Medical Imaging Posted by Pharma
International's News Correspondent on 30/11/2011 - 08:20:00
Scientists in Norway are exploring ways to stream high
definition images of the human organs via a pill that's
swallowed by patients. The imaging pill concept would give
medical professionals the capacity to view parts of the body -
like the intestines and stomach - in unprecedented detail. The
technology current exists for pills to be swallowed that
transmit at a rate of 120 frames a minute, or two a second. In
contrast, said the development team's leader, Ilangko
Balasingham: ‘Our pill will employ wireless ultra-wideband
technology with enough bandwidth to handle the live, high-
quality video transmission of observations from the intestine.
It will also communicate its co-ordinates via radio so that the
doctors can pinpoint its location in the body.' High Definition
Camera Pill The programme to develop a high definition camera
pill