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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Elli Angelopoulou, Nürnberg, DE;
Aleksandar Juloski, Nuremberg, DE;
Rainer Kuth, Höchstadt, DE;
Philip Mewes, Nürnberg, DE;
Elli Angelopoulou, Nürnberg, DE;
Aleksandar Juloski, Nuremberg, DE;
Rainer Kuth, Höchstadt, DE;
Philip Mewes, Nürnberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method and a device to detect information about the three-dimensional structure of the inner surface of a body cavity of a patient with an endoscopy capsule introduced into said body cavity, a first partial region of the inner surface of the body cavity is illuminated with at least one light source arranged in the endoscopy capsule and an image of a second partial region that is illuminated by the first partial region and differs from the first partial region. The three-dimensional structure of the second partial region is known, and the second partial region is acquired with at least one camera arranged in the endoscopy capsule. Information about the three-dimensional structure of the first partial region is derived using the intensity values in this image.