Wireless Data Transfer for Ingestible Capsules
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Wireless Data Transfer for Ingestible Capsules
Wed, 30/11/2016 - 14:00
Location:
Speaker:
Julia Faerber
Affiliation:
Heriot-Watt University
Synopsis:
Optical camera pills have become of increasing interest as an alternative to traditional endoscopy. The pills are used to image the small intestine and offer an early detection of diseases such as colon cancer. New modalities, for instance ultrasound imaging and drug delivery systems embedded in the endoscopic capsules, create challenges for wireless communication.
Real-time video transmission requires a wide bandwidth, good radiation efficiency and an omnidirectional radiation to enable data transmission to an external receiver with frequencies in the MHz range to avoid high signal attenuation.
Our aim is to transfer data with an integrated RFIC chip and an antenna design embedded onto the shell of the capsule which radiates in the MedRadio range of 400 to 900MHz inside tissue.
Biography:
Julia Faerber is a 3rd year PhD student working within the Institute of Sensors, Signals and Systems at Heriot-Watt University. She obtained her BSc in Microsystems engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Gelsenkirchen (Germany) and the MSc in Biomedical engineering at the University of Dundee. After gaining some experience in industry (Siemens) she returned to Scotland to do her PhD at Heriot-Watt University. Her research interests include medical engineering, antennas and transceiver designs. In her little spare time she likes cycling, tennis, climbing, football, baking, sewing and watching sport.