Review of the potential of a wireless MEMS and TFT microsystems for the measurement of pressure in the GI tract

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 347-356

  Arshak, A ^a   Arshak, K ^a   Waldron, D ^b   Morris, D ^a   Korostynska, O ^a   Jafer, E ^a   Lyons, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

MEMS sensors; Microsystems; Telemetry capsules; TFT sensors; Transducers

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; PH EFFECTS; SENSORS; TELEMETERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) TRACT; MICROSYSTEMS; THICK FILM TECHNOLOGY (TFT); WIRELESS SENSORS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

BIOMEDICINE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSTRUMENTATION; MACHINE; MATERIALS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONITORING; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMETRY;

EID: 18044363836     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.11.002     Document Type: Review

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