Magnetic pill tracking: A novel non-invasive tool for investigation of human digestive motility

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-154

  Stathopoulos, E ^a   Schlageter, V ^a   Meyrat, B ^b   De Ribaupierre, Y ^a   Kucera, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human gastrointestinal motility; Magnetic tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PILL TRACKING; MAGNETISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MAGNETICS; MALE; STOMACH;

EID: 13444310992     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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