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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Hagai Krupnik, Nofit, IL;
Amit Pascal, Haifa, IL;
Noam Medlinger, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Raphael Rabinovitz, Raanana, IL;
Hagai Krupnik, Nofit, IL;
Amit Pascal, Haifa, IL;
Noam Medlinger, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Raphael Rabinovitz, Raanana, IL;
Given Imaging Ltd., Yoqneam, IL;
Abstract
A device and method for capturing in-vivo images allows for size or distance estimations for objects within the images. According to one embodiment of the present invention there may be provided, in an in-vivo device, at least an imager, an illumination source to provide illumination for the imager, an irradiation source to emit for example a light beam or a laser beam in a body lumen and a processor to calculate, based on image illumination parameter values, an estimate of the size of objects in a body lumen.