Development of a computer-controlled tensiometer for real-time measurements of tension in tubular organs

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-118

  Gregersen, Hans ^a,c   Barlow, J ^b   Thompson, D ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Biomedical device; Feed back control; Gastrointestinal motility; Impedance planimetry; Manometry; Tone

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; TENSION;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGUS; FEEDBACK; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0033000273     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.1999.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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