Guided magnetic actuator for active capsule endoscope

Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1153-1158

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

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active capsule endoscope; Actuator; Magnetic

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SOLENOIDS;

ACTIVE CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 34548140488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2007.352222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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