Swimming capsule endoscope using static and RF magnetic field of MRI for propulsion

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2922-2927

  Kósa, Gábor ^b   Jakab, Péter ^c,d,e   Jólesz, Ferenc ^c,d,e   Hata, Nobuhiko ^a,c,d,e  

^a IEEE

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Radiology   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS;

PROPULSION FORCES; RF MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 51649110490     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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