Study of frictional properties of the small intestine for design of active capsule endoscope

Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006, BioRob 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 124-129

  Wang, Xiaona ^a   Meng, Max Q H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Actuation; Capsule endoscope; Frictional properties; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FRICTION; MACHINE DESIGN; SPEED CONTROL; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; FRICTIONAL FORCE; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; SMALL INTESTINES;

ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 33845579817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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