Wireless endoscopy in 2020: Will it still be a capsule?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5119-5130

  Koulaouzidis, Anastasios ^a   Iakovidis, Dimitris K ^b   Karargyris, Alexandros ^c   Rondonotti, Emanuele ^d  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Central Greece   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Development; Future; Hardware

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED SOFT CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; MOTILITY TRACKING SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NONHUMAN; ODOCAPSULE; ROBOTIC BIOPSY; ROBOTICS; SELF STABILIZING CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; TARGETED DELIVERY CAPSULE; TETHERED CAPSULE ENDOMICROSCOPY; VERSATILE ENDOSCOPY CAPSULE; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; MINIATURIZATION; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

NANOMATERIAL;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84929000785     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i17.5119     Document Type: Article

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