Rapid® Access Real-Time device and Rapid Access software: New tools in the armamentarium of capsule endoscopy

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-435

  Spada, Cristiano ^a   Riccioni, Maria Elena ^a   Costamagna, Guido ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon capsule endoscopy; Esophageal capsule endoscopy; Real time view; Small bowel capsule endoscopy; Video capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MARKETING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; AUTOMATION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

AUTOMATION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34447339626     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.4.431     Document Type: Article

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