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A wide-angle camera module for disposable endoscopy

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A wide-angle miniaturized camera module for disposable endoscope is demonstrated in this paper. A lens module with 150° angle of view (AOV) is designed and manufactured. All plastic injection-molded lenses and a commercial CMOS image sensor are employed to reduce the manufacturing cost. The image sensor and LED illumination unit are assembled with a lens module. The camera module does not include a camera processor to further reduce its size and cost. The size of the camera module is 5.5 × 5.5 × 22.3 mm3. The diagonal field of view (FOV) of the camera module is measured to be 110°. A prototype of a disposable endoscope is implemented to perform a pre-clinical animal testing. The esophagus of an adult beagle dog is observed. These results demonstrate the feasibility of a cost-effective and high-performance camera module for disposable endoscopy.

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The work presented in this paper is supported by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Project ID: A004300013).

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  1. SeoulTech (Seoul National University of Science and Technology), Seoul, 139-743, Korea

    Dongha Shim, Soo Nam Park & Nanhee Lee

  2. Haesung Optics, Co., Ltd., Suwon, 445-896, Korea

    Jesun Yeon & Jason Yi

  3. Yeungnam University Medical Center (YUMC), Daegu, 42415, Korea

    Jongwon Park

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Shim, D., Yeon, J., Yi, J. et al. A wide-angle camera module for disposable endoscopy. Opt Rev 23, 596–600 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-016-0227-5

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