Three-dimensional biomechanical properties of the human rectum evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 531-540

  Frokjaer J B ^a   Liao, D ^a   Bergmann, A ^a   Mcmahon, B P ^a   Steffensen, E ^a   Drewes, A M ^a,b   Gregersen, Hans ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rectum; Sensation; Tension; Three dimensional modelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; STRESS; TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECTUM;

EID: 23044439782     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2005.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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