Gastroenterology
Volume 130, Issue 3 , Pages 672-677 , March 2006

The Aer-O-Scope: Proof of Concept of a Pneumatic, Skill-Independent, Self-Propelling, Self-Navigating Colonoscope

  • Boris Vucelic

      Affiliations

    • Rebro University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Tel Aviv Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Douglas Rex

      Affiliations

    • Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • ,
  • Roland Pulanic

      Affiliations

    • Rebro University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Tel Aviv Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Jorge Pfefer

      Affiliations

    • Rebro University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Tel Aviv Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Irena Hrstic

      Affiliations

    • Rebro University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Tel Aviv Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Bernard Levin

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Zamir Halpern

      Affiliations

    • Rebro University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Tel Aviv Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Nadir Arber

      Affiliations

    • Rebro University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Tel Aviv Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Nadir Arber, MD, MBA, MSc, Integrated Cancer Prevention Center, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann St, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel; fax: (972) 369-50-339.

Received 28 August 2005 ,Accepted 30 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.12.018

Gastroenterology
Volume 130, Issue 3 , Pages 672-677 , March 2006

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