Design of Wearable Wireless Health Monitoring System and Status Recognition Algorithm / 中国医疗器械杂志

A wearable wireless health monitoring system for drug addicts in compulsory rehabilitation centers was proposed. The system can continuously monitor multiple physiological parameters of drug addicts in real time, and issue early warning information when abnormal physiological parameters occur, so as to play the role of timely medical practice. In addition, this study proposes a convolutional neural network (CNN)model, which can evaluate the health status of drug addicts based on multiple physiological parameters. Experiments show that the model can be applied to the task of body state recognition in the open physiological parameter data set, and the recognition accuracy can reach up to 100% in a single physiological parameter data set; when the whole physiological data set is used, the recognition accuracy can reach 99.1%. The recognition accuracy exceeds the performance of the traditional pattern recognition method on this task, which verifies the superiority of the model.

Improvement of Digital Capsule Endoscopy System and Image Interpolation / 中国医疗器械杂志

Traditional capsule image collects and transmits analog image, with weak anti-interference ability, low frame rate, low resolution. This paper presents a new digital image capsule, which collects and transmits digital image, with frame rate up to 30 frames/sec and pixels resolution of 400 x 400. The image is compressed in the capsule, and is transmitted to the outside of the capsule for decompression and interpolation. A new type of interpolation algorithm is proposed, which is based on the relationship between the image planes, to obtain higher quality colour images. capsule endoscopy, digital image, SCCB protocol, image interpolation

Recent Research Progress and Development Direction of Autofluorescence Diagnosis Technology / 生物医学工程学杂志

Autofluorescence has great advantage on detecting premalignant lesions and early cancers which are not detectable by conventional white light endoscopy (WLE). In this review, the recent advances in autofluorescence for diagnosis of precancerous lesions and early cancers are presented. Varieties of endogenous fluorophores in biological tissues, the potential mechanisms of the autofluorescence differences between normal and abnormal tissues, the selection of light source and optimal excitation wavelengths, and effective algorithms for processing autofluorescence data are highlighted. Finally, the shortages and improvement directions of autofluorescence technique for the diagnosis of precancerous lesions and early cancers are briefly discussed.

Latest development of intestinal capsule endoscopy robot / 生物医学工程学杂志

With the development of capsule endoscopy, developing active capsule endoscopy robot becomes a growing trend. Although stomach diagnosis with robot has been put into clinical test, the realization of the complete intestinal capsule endoscopy is still a difficulty. This paper reports the status quo of the research process for intestinal capsule endoscopy robot, and analyzes their advantages, defects and prospects for development, which provides reference for the research of intestinal capsule endoscopy robot.

A method for bleeding detection in endoscopy images using SVM / 中国医疗器械杂志

Because the huge number of images of the digestive tract by Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) are left to the medical personnels detected by their eyes, huge burden leaves to doctors. This article provides a classification of method based on SVM (Support Vector Machine) for the capsule endoscopy bleeding intelligent recognition. We created a new kind of feature parameter, and the experiment result can reach 83% specificity and 94% sensitivity.

Portable wireless power transmission system for video capsule endoscopy.

Wireless power transmission is considered a practical way of overcoming the power shortage of wireless capsule endoscopy (VCE). However, most patients cannot tolerate the long hours of lying in a fixed transmitting coil during diagnosis. To develop a portable wireless power transmission system for VCE, a compact transmitting coil and a portable inverter circuit driven by rechargeable batteries are proposed. The couple coils, optimized considering the stability and safety conditions, are 28 turns of transmitting coil and six strands of receiving coil. The driven circuit is designed according to the portable principle. Experiments show that the integrated system could continuously supply power to a dual-head VCE for more than 8 h at a frame rate of 30 frames per second with resolution of 320 × 240. The portable VCE exhibits potential for clinical applications, but requires further improvement and tests.

Efficiency optimization of wireless power transmission systems for active capsule endoscopes.

Multipurpose active capsule endoscopes have drawn considerable attention in recent years, but these devices continue to suffer from energy limitations. A wireless power supply system is regarded as a practical way to overcome the power shortage problem in such devices. This paper focuses on the efficiency optimization of a wireless energy supply system with size and safety constraints. A mathematical programming model in which these constraints are considered is proposed for transmission efficiency, optimal frequency and current, and overall system effectiveness. To verify the feasibility of the proposed method, we use a wireless active capsule endoscope as an illustrative example. The achieved efficiency can be regarded as an index for evaluating the system, and the proposed approach can be used to direct the design of transmitting and receiving coils.

Three-dimensional localization system for intra-body microcapsule based on alternating magnetic field / 生物医学工程学杂志

In order to determine the position of an intra-body microcapsule, the system based on alternating magnetic field has been promoted. According to the theory of three-dimensional localization system, the mathematical model has been ratiocinated. Composing and software design of the system are given. The result of the experiment has demonstrated that the system is feasible and it performs with high precision. The position error is less than 3 cm when the range is between 3 and 30cm. And the system has good anti-interference ability.

A wireless power transmission system for capsule endoscope / 生物医学工程学杂志

In order to deliver power to the capsule endoscope, whose position and orientation are always changing when traveling along the alimentary tract, a wireless power transmission system based on electromagnetic coupling was proposed. The system is composed of Helmholtz transmitting coil and three-dimensional receiving coil. Helmholtz coil outside the body generates a uniform magnetic field covering the whole alimentary tract; three-dimensional coil inside retrieves stable power regardless of its position and orientation. The transmitter and receiver were designed and implemented, and the experiments validated the feasibility of the system. The results show that at least 320 mW of usable power can be transmitted to capsule endoscope when its position and orientation are changing at random and the transmitting power is 25W.

Design of the data recorder outside body based on FAT file system in a noninvasive measuring system for human GI physiological signals / 生物医学工程学杂志

A noninvasive measuring system for human GI physiological signals has been designed, and human GI physiological realtime parameters are acquired in the normal physiological state of human. In this paper is mainly discussed the design of "In-vitro data recorder" of a noninvasive measuring system for human GI physiological signals. By experiments, the portable "In-vitro data recorder" works normally and reliably; it can meet the needs of clinical application.

Research on wireless power transmission for gastrointestinal microsystems based on inductive coupling / 生物医学工程学杂志

A wireless power transmission method based on electromagnetic coupling was proposed for gastrointestinal microsystems. We analyzed the coupling coefficient, taking coils' misalignments into account by calculating mutual inductance. A power transmission model was built up. And based on this model, the electric parameters of maximizing the received power were deducted under weakly coupling condition. From the transmitting efficiency formula, we found two ways to enhance the efficiency. The transmission power was more than 200mW in our experiments when the receiving coil was located at the center of transmitting coil. This validated the method feasibility.

Artificial muscle and its prospect in application for direct cardiac compression assist / 生物医学工程学杂志

Artificial heart is an effective device in solving insufficient native heart supply for heart transplant, and the research and application of novel actuators play an important role in the development of artificial heart. In this paper, artificial muscle is introduced as the actuators of direct cardiac compression assist, and some of its parameters are compared with those of native heart muscle. The open problems are also discussed.

The latest development of the localization for noninvasive monitoring capsule in gastrointestinal tract / 生物医学工程学杂志

The work of research and development of noninvasive monitoring system for human GI (gastrointestinal tract) has been very successful all over the world, and without questions, the system as such will extensively be applied in the future. However, the method for localization of the monitoring capsule in the system is not perfect. This paper reports the status quo of the research process for the capsule localization system, and analyzes their advantages and defects.

A novel capsule-style manometric system and its application on non-invasive measurement of pancolonic pressure / 生物医学工程学杂志

Pan-colonic motility was studied under normal conditions with a novel capsule-style system. A single use telemetry capsule embedded with one pressure sensor was ingested by subjects. It is capable of transmitting colonic pressure wirelessly greater than 130 h. Time of capsule entering segmental colon was determined by ultrasonic detection for tracing the batteries in capsule. The ultrasonic electrodes were mounted on the surface of subjects' ileocecum, navel as well as the junction of left colon and rectosigmoid colon in sequence. They were identified by abdominal X-rays with radiopaque markers. The confirming X-rays showed all telemetry capsules were detected successfully when passing through the key points in colon. A total of 613 h of colorectal recording was obtained from 20 healthy subjects. When compared with the parameters in the time of waking, the number of contractions and the area under contractions were significantly (P<0.05) decreased during sleep (21 +/- 5 vs 15 +/- 4 h(-1); 463 +/- 54 vs 342 +/- 45 mmHg x s x min(-1)). The colonic motility exhibited significant regional variation in the circadian behavior, as well as in its response to waking and meal. The clinical study proved the reliability and non-invasiveness of the system. It may represent a useful tool for the study on physiology and pathology of colonic motor disorders.

Power transmission for gastrointestinal microsystems using inductive coupling.

Much research on the development of a robotic capsule and microrobot for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases has been carried out. The powering of these microsystems is becoming very important as the implementation of such systems is becoming more feasible by advances in relevant technologies. A wireless power transmission system employing two coils, based on inductive coupling, is discussed in this note. The coupling coefficient between the two coils was measured on axial, lateral and pitch misalignment. The power transmission efficiency was deduced and optimized by selecting proper tuning capacitors and transmission frequency. A serial resonant circuit (SRC) on a receiving side is more adaptive by comparison with parallel resonant circuit (PRC) topology. A multi-receiving coil structure was proposed and examined in an attempt to resolve the orientation indetermination problem of a receiving coil. Experiments show that a dc power level up to 170 mW, with an efficiency of 1.3%, could be steadily received when the receiving coil was placed at the center of the transmitting coil, which can meet the requirement for electric power of some microsystems.

Localization system for electrical capsule based on permanent magnetic field / 生物医学工程学杂志

Localization system was designed based on analytic equation of permanent magnetic field to localize the swallowing electrical capsule in the gastrointestinal. Algorithm was presented and experiment was made. Two three-axis magnetism sensors were mounted in the capsule. The non linear equations set of sensor's output and capsule's position and attitude was created according to space position and attitude relationship model. The equations set was resolved with numerical method. Comparison between the calculation value and expected value showed that this method was feasible.

Long-range correlations in human colonic pressure activity / 生物医学工程学杂志

Using the method of detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) and power spectral analysis (PSA), the paper deals with the characteristics of long-range correlations of colonic pressure activities and their surrogate data of healthy subjects. The DFA is a period representation of such correlations, whereas the PSA is a frequency representation. The analysis of the two methods consistently shows that there are long memories in colonic pressure activities and there exist long-range correlations, whereas there are no such long memories and long-range correlations in the surrogate data, whose sequential orders are randomly shuffled. The results to some extent indicate that human colonic pressure activities with normal motilities do have long memories, but these memories may be weaker or may even be destroyed with dysmotilities.

Researches on automatic analyzing system of the whole gastrointestinal motility recordings / 生物医学工程学杂志

Many diseases of gastrointestinal tract have close relation to the changes in gastrointestinal (GI) motility. Making use of the technique of MEMS, we developed a micro-interposed system to monitor the motility and pH value of the whole GI tract under normal physical state. This paper focuses on an automatic analysis of the acquired signal to draw conclusions for aiding diagnosis of diseases. The techniques of smoothing signal, removing singular value, feature extraction and selection as well as classification of normal and abnormal samples are discussed in details. These techniques provide a comprehensive method for analyzing long-term motility recordings which will complete the function of the in vivo monitoring system and serve for medical applications.

A review on measurement of craving of drug addicts and its relationship with electroencephalography / 生物医学工程学杂志

Craving of drug addicts for drugs is the most important factor that causes relapse. On-line, objective and quantificational measurement of craving is of certain value in predicting relapse and drug-seeking behavior of addicts. Some common methods used to measure craving are reviewed and their shortcomings are analyzed. Aiming at characteristics, analysis methods, typical application of electroencephalography (EEG) and characteristics of craving, we have a discussion about the possibility of using EEG to measure craving. In addition, some related problems and difficulties are probed. These analyses are helpful to the study of craving.

Telemetric Localization of Detecting Capsule in Gastrointestinal Tract / 航天医学与医学工程

Objective To develop a method for localizing a detecting capsule in the gastrointestinal tract.Methods A three-axis magnetic sensor was sealed in the detecting capsule.Three flat coils were fixed on patients' back.The coils were excited one by one to generate electromagnetic fields.The position and the orientation of the capsule could be determined by telemetering the signals from the magnetic sensor incorporated in the capsule.Results The telemetric localization system worked successfully.A localization model describing the relationship between the magnetic field strength and the position and orientation of the capsule,was correctly established basing on the principle of magnetic dipoles,and neural network algorithm was employed to solve a non-linear equation set.Conclusion The results showed that the localization method is feasible and the precision is higher than existing methods.The localization device can perform consecutive tracking and can be made into a portable type.After putting into practice,the device can also be used in food selection for astronauts by monitoring their gastrointestinal parameters in space.