Table 2 Summary of the most popular endoscopic capsules and their basic parameters
From: Overview of technical solutions and assessment of clinical usefulness of capsule endoscopy
|  | Given imaging—Israel | KIST—Korea | Olympus—Japan | Jinshan—China | RF System Lab.—Japan | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pillcam SB2 | Pillcam eso | Pillcam colon | Mirocam | Endocapsule | OMOM | Norika 3 | Sayaka | |
Length (mm) | 26 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 27.9 | 23 | 23 |
Diameter (mm) | 11 | 11 | 11.6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 9 |
Weight (g) | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 6 | – | – |
Number of cameras | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Number of frames per second | 2 | 18 | 4-35 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 30 |
Sensor | CMOS | CMOS | CMOS | CCD | CCD | CCD | CCD | CCD |
Operation time (h) | 8 | 20Â m | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Number of antennas | 8 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 8 |
Snooze option | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Destination—the test area | Small (S) intestine | Esophagus | Large (L) intestine | S/L intestine | S intestine | S intestine | S intestine | S intestine |