An ingestible wireless capsule for treatment of obesity

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 963-966

  Kencana, Andy P ^a   Rasouli, Mahdi ^a   Huynh, Van A ^a   Ting, Eng K ^a   Lai, Joshua V Y ^a   Huy, Quang D Q ^b   Tan, Su L ^b   Wong, Kai J ^b   Phee, Soo J ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONINVASIVE METHODS; WIRELESS CAPSULE;

ENDOSCOPY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NUTRITION; SURGERY;

BALLOONS;

ARTICLE; EATING; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMAN; OBESITY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TELEMETRY;

EATING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; OBESITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 78650851775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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