Title :
A portable monitor for measuring GI motility
Author :
Prakash, N. Mani ; Spelman, Francis A.
Author_Institution :
Page Read Center for Bioeng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
Gastrointestinal (GI) motility is an important indicator of motor activity of the GI tract. Present techniques for measuring motility have disadvantages ranging from patient discomfort to high cost. The authors have built an inexpensive, minimally invasive monitor that can measure frequency of GI motility. They have measured motility from the stomach, the small intestine and the large intestine using this monitor
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; mechanical variables measurement; patient monitoring; gastrointestinal motility measurement monitor; high cost; large intestine; medical instrumentation; patient discomfort; small intestine; stomach; Costs; Frequency; Gastrointestinal tract; Hardware; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic moments; Patient monitoring; Superconducting magnets; Toroidal magnetic fields; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.656833
