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Tethered capsule endomicroscopy enables less-invasive imaging of gastrointestinal tract microstructure

Here, we introduce “tethered capsule endomicroscopy,” that involves swallowing an optomechanically-engineered pill that captures cross-sectional, 30 μm (lateral) × 7 μm (axial) resolution, microscopic images of the gut wall as it travels through the digestive tract. Results in human subjects show th...

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Autores principales: Gora, Michalina J., Sauk, Jenny S., Carruth, Robert W., Gallagher, Kevin A., Suter, Melissa J., Nishioka, Norman S., Kava, Lauren E., Rosenberg, Mireille, Bouma, Brett E., Tearney, Guillermo J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3567218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23314056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm.3052