Colonoscopy aided by magnetic 3D imaging: Assessing the routine use of a stiffening sigmoid overtube to speed up the procedure

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 605-611

  Bell, G D ^a   Rowland, R S ^b   Rutter, M ^a   Abu Sada, M ^a   Dogramadzi, S ^c   Allen, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b RMR Systems Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D computerised magnetic imaging; Colonoscopy; Measurement of colonic length; Stiffening overtube

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; MAGNETIC DEVICES;

COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTERIZED MAGNETIC IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSOR; SIGMOID; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 0032855624     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513355     Document Type: Article

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