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A Review Of Locomotion Systems For Capsule Endoscopy, Lejie Liu,, Shahrzad Towfighian, Amine Hila
A Review Of Locomotion Systems For Capsule Endoscopy, Lejie Liu,, Shahrzad Towfighian, Amine Hila
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Wireless capsule endoscopy for gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a modern technology that has the potential to replace conventional endoscopy techniques. Capsule endoscopy is a pill-shaped device embedded with a camera, a coin battery, and a data transfer. Without a locomotion system, this capsule endoscopy can only passively travel inside the GI tract via natural peristalsis, thus causing several disadvantages such as inability to control and stop, and risk of capsule retention. Therefore, a locomotion system needs to be added to optimize the current capsule endoscopy. This review summarizes the state-of-the-art locomotion methods along with the desired locomotion features such as …