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The proof of concept of this endoscopic capsule was tested on porcine intestine and liquid phantom. The proposed WCE system offers great possibilities for future applicability in selective and specific detection of other fluorescently labelled cancers.

A near-infrared fluorescent protein IRFP702 was expressed in the colorectal cancer cells that were used to test the proof-of-concept. The fluorescent cancer cells were first tested with a commercial imaging system (Odyssey® CLx) and then with the developed prototype to validate the result in a preclinical setting. The developed fluorimeter is versatile as it can also be used to detect multiple types of cancer cells by simply replacing the filters based on the fluorophore.

We demonstrate that the developed fluorometer is able to distinguish between the cancer cell expressing GFP and the control cell. The fluorometer we developed exhibits immense potential for future applicability in the selective detection of fluorescently-labelled breast cancer cells.

The results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm renders a much-improved performance in removing the noise from ECG signals, especially in a scenario where signal to noise ratio is negative. Moreover, the noninvasive fetal ECG dataset (NI-FECG) provided by Physionet is also used for fetal ECG extraction by a single thoracic channel. By comparing fetal ECG extraction methods in the literature and the proposed method, it reveals that the proposed method can extract the QRS complex of fetal ECG by a single thoracic channel as accurate as other methods which use abdominal channels.

This pilot study assessed wireless capsule endoscopy in horses. Image transmission was achieved with good image quality. Time to exit the stomach was variable and identified as one limitation, together with gaps in image transmission, capsule tumbling, and inability to accurately locate the capsule. Findings demonstrate usefulness and current limitations.

In this review, we aim to address the issue by exploring the characteristics of endoscopic images, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of useful compression techniques, and making suggestions for possible future adaptation.

This paper describes the development of a prototype of a low-cost digital fluorescent microscope built from commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. The prototype was tested to detect malignant tumor cells taken from a living organism in a preclinical setting.

Shrimp farming is one of the most important aqua cultural activities, but farmers are facing many serious problems like shrimp diseases partly due to problems with the shrimp having to cope with poor water quality during cultivation.

This paper presents the design and development of a microcontroller based heartbeat and body temperature monitor using fingertip and temperature sensor. The device uses the optical technology to detect the flow of blood through the finger and offers the advantage of portability over conventional recording systems.

A 7 Tesla 32-channel close fitting helmet shaped phased-array surface coils along with the combination of 8 channel transmit only transverse electromagnetic coils provided good homogeneity as well as significant SNR improvements throughout the human brain.