Methods for automatic detection of peristaltic waves in the small intestine

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1531-1536

  Tennvassås, Tove Linda ^a   Skretting, Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dynamic intestine study; Mathematical correlation; Peristaltic contractions; Peristaltic waves; Regions of interest

Indexed keywords

MEBROFENIN TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; PERISTALSIS; SMALL INTESTINE;

ALGORITHMS; BILE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMINO ACIDS; INTESTINE, SMALL; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PERISTALSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 0031794629     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050332     Document Type: Article

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