Patent ID: 7993265
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An in-vivo image acquiring system for acquiring an image of a predetermined imaging target in a body of a subject, comprising: a partial-image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of partial image data corresponding to different parts of the imaging target in the body of the subject; a position-related-data acquiring unit that acquires position related data used to calculate a position of the partial-image acquiring unit in the body of the subject when the partial-image acquiring unit acquires each of the partial image data; and an overall-image generator that generates overall image data corresponding to an overall image of the imaging target using the plurality of partial image data based on the position related data, wherein the partial-image acquiring unit and the position-related-data acquiring unit are included in a capsule shaped body-insertable apparatus that transmits a predetermined radio signal and is inserted into an interior of the subject, and the partial-image acquiring unit includes a line sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion mechanisms arranged on a plane which is orthogonal to a longitudinal central axis of the body-insertable apparatus.