Magnetic air capsule robotic system: Proof of concept of a novel approach for painless colonoscopy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1238-1246

  Valdastri, P ^a   Ciuti, G ^b   Verbeni, A ^b   Menciassi, A ^b   Dario, P ^b   Arezzo, A ^c   Morino, M ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced colonoscopy; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Robotic endoscopy; Self propelling colonoscopy; Wireless capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MODEL; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOCOMOTION; MAGNET; MAGNETIC AIR CAPSULE ROBOTIC SYSTEM; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PHANTOM; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863530054     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-2054-x     Document Type: Article

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