Magnetic shells for gastrointestinal endoscopic capsules as a means to control their motion

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 370-374

  Carpi, Federico ^a   Galbiati, Stefano ^a   Carpi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsule; Control; Endoscope; Endoscopic; Endoscopy; Magnetic; Motion; navigation; Wireless

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; SILICONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ELASTICITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 33748904080     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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