Geometric and mechanosensory properties of the sigmoid colon evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-262

  Frokjaer J B ^a   Liao, D ^a   Steffensen, E ^a   Dimcevski, G ^a   Bergmann, A ^a   Drewes, A M ^a,b   Gregersen, H ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mechanoreceptor; Sigmoid colon; Three dimensional modelling

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE PRESSURE; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION;

EID: 33947529467     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2006.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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