Perspective of active capsule endoscope: actuation and localisation

International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Wang, Xiaona ^a   Meng, Max Q H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

active capsule endoscope; actuation; localisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960001941     PISSN: 20451059     EISSN: 20451067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMA.2011.039154     Document Type: Article

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