Spatial and temporal variations in the magnetic fields produced by human gastrointestinal activity

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 549-554

  Turnbull, G K ^a   Ritcey, S P ^a   Stroink, G ^a   Brandts, B ^b   Van Leeuwen, P ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c EFMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomagnetism; Duodenum; Gastric; Gastrointestinal magnetic activity; Magnetoenterography; Multichannel; Slow wave activity; Spatial maps

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETISM;

BIOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOENTEROGRAPHY (MENG); SLOW WAVE ACTIVITY;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DUODENUM; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STOMACH;

EID: 0032857402     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513347     Document Type: Article

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