Design and fabrication of a motor legged capsule for the active exploration of the gastrointestinal tract

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-179

  Quirini, Marco ^a   Menciassi, Arianna ^a   Scapellato, Sergio ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brushless minimotor; Capsular endoscopy; Legged locomotion; Microlegs; Superelastic

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CAMERAS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BRUSHLESS MINIMOTOR; CAPSULAR ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LEGGED LOCOMOTION SYSTEM;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 43249122141     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.918491     Document Type: Article

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