Advanced technologies for gastrointestinal endoscopy

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 397-429

  Valdastri, Pietro ^a   Simi, Massimiliano ^b   Webster III, Robert J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsule; Colonoscopy; Flexible endoscopy; Magnet; Robotic capsules; Robotic endoscopy; Technology; Video capsule endoscopy; Wireless; Wireless capsule endoscopy

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY; ROBOTIC CAPSULE; WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY;

MAGNETS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIO; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS;

ENDOSCOPY;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SCREENING TEST; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH ULCER; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84864204614     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: 15454274     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071811-150006     Document Type: Review

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