Mostafa, Sheikh ShanawazSousa, L. NatérciaFerreira, Nuno FábioSousa, Ricardo M.Santos, JoãoWäny, MartinDias, F. Morgado2023-02-142023-02-142017Mostafa, S. S., Sousa, L. N., Ferreira, N. F., Sousa, R. M., Santos, J., Wäny, M., & Dias, F. M. (2017). Full image-processing pipeline in field-programmable gate array for a small endoscopic camera. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 26(1), 013005.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/5037Endoscopy is an imaging procedure used for diagnosis as well as for some surgical purposes. The camera used for the endoscopy should be small and able to produce a good quality image or video, to reduce discomfort of the patients, and to increase the efficiency of the medical team. To achieve these fundamental goals, a small endoscopy camera with a footprint of 1 mm × 1 mm × 1.65 mm is used. Due to the physical prop erties of the sensors and human vision system limitations, different image-processing algorithms, such as noise reduction, demosaicking, and gamma correction, among others, are needed to faithfully reproduce the image or video. A full image-processing pipeline is implemented using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to accomplish a high frame rate of 60 fps with minimum processing delay. Along with this, a viewer has also been developed to display and control the image-processing pipeline. The control and data transfer are done by a USB 3.0 end point in the computer. The full developed system achieves real-time processing of the image and fits in a Xilinx Spartan-6LX150 FPGA.engEndoscopic cameraImage processingField-programmable gate arrayHigh frame rate.Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenhariajournal article10.1117/1.JEI.26.1.013005