SEMINAR
         ON
 PILL CAMERA
Presented by:
Y .sowmya (18D21A1258)

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 Abstract
Introduction to pill camera
Conventional method
Description to pill camera
Components of pill camera
CONTENTS Procedure of pill camera
Applications of pill camera
Advantages
Drawbacks and overcomes
conclusion

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 ABSTRACT
The aim of technology is to make products in a large scale for  cheaper price
and increased quality. As the current  manufacturing technology is at macro
level but the future lies in manufacturing product at molecular level. On the
basis & advent of nanotechnology one such product manufactured is pill
camera. The most common reason for doing capsule endoscopy is to search for
a cause of bleeding from the small intestine .This process can help in tracking
any kind of disease related to digestive system.

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                       INTRODUCTION

Imagine a vitamin pill-sized camera that could travel

through our body taking pictures ,helping diagnose a
problem in which doctor previously would have found only
through surgery. 4
            CONVENTIONAL METHOD
The conventional method that doctors would
have preferred earlier was endoscopy procedure .By
which doctors able to see the inside lining of digestive
tract .This examination is performed using an endoscope
-a flexible fiber optic tube with a tiny Tv camera at the
end .The camera is connected to either an eyepiece for
direct viewing or video screen that displays the images on
a color tv . This procedure used for Gastro Intestinal (GI)
disease and treatment as  well.

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                        DESCRIPTION
The device ,called the Diagnostic Imaging System ,comes in capsule formed
contains a camera ,lights ,transmitter and batteries.

The latest pill camera is sized at 26'11mm and is capable of transmitting 50,000
color images during its traversal through the digestive system of patient.
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          COMPONETS OF PILL CAMERA

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 PROCEDURE TO PILL CAMERA
• Capsule is swallowed by the patient like a conventional
pill.

• It takes images as it is propelled forward by peristalsis.

• A wireless recorder ,worn on a belt ,receives the images

transmitted by the pill.

• A computer workstation processes the data and produces

a continuous still images.

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 APPLICATIONS
• Crohn's disease.

• Mal-absorption Disorders.

• Tumors of the small intestine and vascular Disorders.

• Ulcerative Colitis.

• Medication related to small bowel injury.

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 ADVANTAGES
• Painless ,no side effects or complications.
• Small size ,so can move easily through digestive system.
• Accurate ,precise and effective.
• Images taken are of very high quality which are sent almost instantaneously
to the data recorder for storage.
• Made of bio-compatible material, doesn't cause any harm to the body.

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 DRAWBACKS AND OVERCOMES
• Patients with gastrointestinal structures or narrowing are not good
candidates for this procedure due to risk of obstruction.
• The pill will get strucked  if there is a partial obstruction in the small
intestine.
• Impossible to control camera behavior.
            
          The first drawback can be overcome using another product
manufactured with the help of nanotechnology which is the rice-gained sized
motor.
     Other two drawbacks can be overcome using bi-directional telemetry
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THANK YOU

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