An imaging pill for gastrointestinal endoscopy.

This paper discusses on a miniaturized device that greatly reduces the discomfort experienced by the patient during gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. The device carries a miniaturized video camera, is equipped with a tracking device, and is the size of a pill, thereby making it easy to swallow. While...

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Publicat a:IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 24, 4 (2005).
Autor principal: Panescu, D.
Format: Article
Idioma:English
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