Towards a micropositioning system for targeted drug delivery in wireless capsule endoscopy

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7372-7375

  Woods, Stephen P ^a   Constandinou, Timothy G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE CAPACITY; CROHN'S DISEASE; MICRO POSITIONING; MICROMOTOR; MICROROBOTS; POWER BUDGETS; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; DRUG DELIVERY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ENDOSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; ROBOTICS; INSTRUMENTATION;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEEDLES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84861692740     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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