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imagination years ago to have a miniature submarine into the human body. Now
capsule endoscopy has become a well established tool for evaluating the entire
GI tract even though it does not have the ability to carry out therapeutic tasks
yet. Nevertheless, future always comes soon enough. We can expect the next
generation of active capsule endoscope comes into reality in the future, maybe
in the near future.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors would like to thank Mr. Xijun Chen for reproducing the relevant
images in the chapter.
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