Automated calculation of the distal contractile integral in esophageal pressure topography with a region-growing algorithm

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Z ^a   Roman, S ^a   Pandolfino, J E ^a   Kahrilas, P J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical signal processing; Distal contractile integral; Esophageal manometry; Esophageal pressure topography; Region growing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155180995     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01795.x     Document Type: Article

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