An anatomically based mathematical model of the gastroesophageal junction

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 I, Issue , 2004, Pages 635-638

  Yassi, R ^a   Cheng, L K ^a   Al Ali, S ^b   Smith, N P ^a   Pullan, A J ^a   Windsor, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Gastroesophageal Junction; Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease; Lower Esophagus Sphincter; Model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

GASTROENTEROLOGY;

EID: 11044230704     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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