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Camera capsule swims through the body
[12/01/2012]

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH; Boston, MA, USA) have successfully tested a controllable endoscopic capsule that could be used to take diagnostic images as it travels through the body.

Once inside the patient's digestive track, a doctor would be able to "steer" the capsule through the body using an MRI machine, photograph specific areas of interest, and view the pictures wirelessly.

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