Feasibility proof of a legged locomotion capsule for the GI tract

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1153-1158

  Quirini, Marco ^a   Menciassi, Arianna ^a   Scapellato, Sergio ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a   Rieber, Fabian ^a   Ho, Chi Nghia ^a   Schostek, Sebastian ^a   Schurr, Marc Oliver ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERISTALSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROSCOPY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERISTALSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 44149128658     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.11.052     Document Type: Article

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