Capsule endoscopy-A mechatronics perspective

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-39

  Lin, Lin ^a   Rasouli, Mahdi ^a   Kencana, Andy Prima ^a   Tan, Su Lim ^b   Wong, Kai Juan ^b   Ho, Khek Yu ^c   Phee, Soo Jay ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

in body medical device; ingestible medical device; medical robot; miniature actuator; wireless capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551716858     PISSN: 20950233     EISSN: 20950241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11465-011-0203-5     Document Type: Article

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