Modular "plug-and-play" capsules for multi-capsule environment in the gastrointestinal tract

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 6846-6849

  Phee, Soo Jay ^a   Ting, E K ^a   Lin, L ^a   Huynh, V A ^a   Kencana, A P ^a   Wong, K J ^b   Tan, S L ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS;

DATA COLLECTION; ENDOSCOPIC OPERATIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MULTI HOP COMMUNICATION; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; SIMPLE OPERATION; WIRELESS CAPSULE; WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77951008326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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