Computerized detection of lumen boundary in robotic colonoscopy for medical diagnosis

• Main Author: Tan, Chong Sheng.
• Other Authors: Chan, Kap Luk
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Medical electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19687
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A Colonoscope is an endoscopic instrument used by physicians to view the inside of the colon for diagnosing possible colonic diseases. In difficult cases of diagnostic colonoscopy, the tip of the endoscope may not be properly maneuverable and controllable. This could result in a painful situation fo...