At a watershed? Technical developments in wireless capsule endoscopy

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Swain, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsule; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal; Magnet; Technology; Wireless

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EXPOSURE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LENS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LIGHT; SILICONES;

EID: 77957220791     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: 17512980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2010.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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