Variations in gastric emptying times of three stomach regions for simple and complex meals using scintigraphy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2328-2331

  Hadi, N A ^a   Giouvanoudi, A ^b   Morton, R ^c   Horton, P W ^c   Spyrou, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Impedance measurement; Nuclear imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

GASTRIC EMPTYING; NUCLEAR IMAGING; SCINTIGRAPHY; STOMACH;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036815750     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803785     Document Type: Article

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