Editorial: Magnetic capsule endoscopy: The future is around the corner

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-164

  Carpi, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAGNETIC CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; MAGNETICS; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77949378484     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.3     Document Type: Editorial

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