A new, easily miniaturized steerable endoscope

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 40-47

  Breedveld, Paul ^c   Scheltes, Jules S ^b   Blom, Esther M ^a   Verheij, Johanna E I ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Aquarius ^*

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MOTION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SQUID; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; OPTICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33644841061     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2005.1549729     Document Type: Article

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