Colonic motility diagnosis based on colonic pressure

Authors: DX C.; GZ Y.; WX W.; LM L.; GF Z.; Y S.; A S.

Source: Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, Volume 27, Number 5, September-October 2003 , pp. 233-237(5)

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Abstract:

Manometry of the alimentary tract is a valuable and widely used means to evaluate and diagnose the function of the alimentary tract. However, the measurement can be inconvenient due to the invasive method used, and the many factors affecting results. Research on colonic pressure data is even more insufficient. This paper deals with colonic pressure data via an improved method ensuring that pressure data of the whole colon is available. The data is analysed based on the learning vector quantization (LVQ) method. Testing results show that this method distinguishes the normal data and the abnormal data, consistently with the original diagnoses. This method can serve as an assistant diagnosis of colonic motility and contributes to further research on colonic motility based on pressure data.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309190031000096658

Publication date: 2003-09-01

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