Detection of abnormality in wireless capsule endoscopy images using fractal features

One of the most recent non-invasive technologies to examine the gastrointestinal tract is wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE). As there are thousands of endoscopic images in an 8–15 h long video, an evaluator has to pay constant attention for a relatively long time (60–120 min). Therefore the possibility of the presence of pathological findings in a few images (displayed for evaluation for a few seconds only) brings a significant risk of missing...