Non-cryogenic system to locate and track a magnetically tagged capsule in the gastrointestinal tract

International Congress Series

Volumn 1300, Issue , 2007, Pages 291-294

  Kumar, S ^a   Avrin, W F ^b   Bennett, S L ^a  

^a GE Security   (United States)

^b Insight Magnetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug dissolution; Localization; Magnetic detection; Magnetic tagging; Oral dosage form; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249982684     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2007.02.038     Document Type: Article

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