Robotic Capsule Endoscope
Project Focus
This project focuses on a developing mobile robotic capsule endoscopes (RCE) for exploration of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Such robots could improve procedures for both the patient and physician. This project is in collaboration with Dr. Steven Edmundowicz in Gastroentrology at CU Anschutz, Dr. Christoffer Heckman at CU Boulder, and Drs. Hao Zhang and Hua Wang in the Department of Computer Science at the Colorado School of Mines. Project funding and recent peer-reviewed papers are listed below.
Publications:
- Han, F., Yang, X., Deng, Y., Rentschler, M., Yang, D., Zhang, H., "SRAL: Shared Representative Appearance Learning for Long-Term Visual Place Recognition," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2(2): 1172-1179, 2017. (PDF)
- Francisco, M., Terry, B.S., Schoen, J.A., Rentschler, M.E., "An Intestinal Manometry Force Sensor for Robotic Capsule Endoscopy: An Acute, Multi-Patient In vivo Animal and Human Study," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 63(5): 943-951, 2016. (PDF)
- Sliker, L.J., Ciuti, G., Rentschler, M.E., Menciassi, A., "Frictional Resistance Model for Tissue-Capsule Endoscope Sliding Contact in the Gastrointestinal Tract," Tribology International. 102: 472-484, 2016. (PDF)
- Sliker, L., Kern, M., Schoen, J.A., Rentschler, M.E., "Surgical Evaluation of a Novel Tethered Robotic Capsule Endoscope using Micro-Patterned Treads," Journal of Surgical Endoscopy. 26(10): 2862-2869, 2012. (PDF)
