Biomechanical functional and sensory modelling of the gastrointestinal tract

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1879, 2008, Pages 3281-3299

  Liao, Donghua ^a   Lelic, Dina ^a,b   Gao, Feng ^a   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a,b   Gregersen, Hans ^a,b,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Computational modelling; Function; Gastrointestinal tract; Sensory

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HEALTH; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; FUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL (GI); GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GI TRACT; HOLISTIC APPROACHES; HUMAN BODIES; IMAGING DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS; MORPHOMETRY; REDUCED COSTS; SENSORY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSATION;

EID: 49549122237     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0091     Document Type: Review

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