The gastro-esophageal reflux barrier: Biophysical analysis on 3D models of anatomy from magnetic resonance imaging

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Roy, S ^a   Fox, M R ^b,c   Curcic, J ^d   Schwizer, W ^b,e   Pal, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gastro esophageal junction; Gastro esophageal reflux disease; Image analysis; Lower esophageal sphincter; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862682457     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2012.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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