Swallowable-capsule technology

IEEE Pervasive Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Mc Caffrey, Colm ^a,b   Chevalerias, Olivier ^a,b   O'Mathuna, Cian ^a,b   Twomey, Karen ^a,b  

^a Tyndall National Research Institute

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENDOSCOPY; MEDICINE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

COMMUNICATION BLOCKS; GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) TRACT MYSTERIES; SWALLOWABLE CAPSULES;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 38349163613     PISSN: 15361268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MPRV.2008.17     Document Type: Article

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