Design and fabrication of a magnetic propulsion system for self-propelled capsule endoscope

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2891-2902

  Gao, Mingyuan ^a,b   Hu, Chengzhi ^a,c   Chen, Zhenzhi ^a   Zhang, Honghai ^a   Liu, Sheng ^d  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomedical equipment; capsule endoscope; gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy; magnetic propulsion; orthogonal process design

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS MODELS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CONTROL ISSUES; CONTROL PARAMETERS; ENDOSCOPIC CAPSULE; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPIES; HUMAN BODIES; INTESTINAL TRACT; MAGNETIC PROPULSION; ORTHOGONAL DESIGN; ORTHOGONAL PROCESS DESIGN;

BIOMAGNETISM; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROPULSION;

ENDOSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPULSION SYSTEM; MAGNETISM; PROCESS DESIGN; SELF PROPELLED CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78649252766     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2051947     Document Type: Article

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