Title :
Magnetoenterography for detection of intestinal ischemia in rabbits
Author :
Bradshaw, L.A. ; Garrard, C.L. ; Allos, S.H. ; Wikswo, J.P., Jr. ; Richards, W.O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Human intestinal ischemia is a potentially fatal medical emergency that does not currently have a reliable noninvasive method of diagnosis. Previous animal studies using serosal electrodes have shown that ischemic small bowel has a lower basic electrical rhythm (BER) frequency than normal bowel. The authors investigate the use of a SQUID magnetometer to measure noninvasively the decrease in BER frequency associated with small bowel ischemia in a rabbit model
Keywords :
SQUID magnetometers; biomagnetism; biomedical measurement; SQUID magnetometer; animal studies; basic electrical rhythm frequency; intestinal ischemia detection; ischemic small bowel; magnetoenterography; noninvasive measurement; normal bowel; potentially fatal medical emergency; rabbits; reliable noninvasive diagnostic method; serosal electrodes; Animals; Biomedical electrodes; Bit error rate; Frequency; Humans; Intestines; Ischemic pain; Medical diagnostic imaging; Rabbits; Rhythm;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579838
