Non invasive ultrasonic detector for monitoring gastric motility in rats, using a emitter based on a crystal oscillator

Author

Garay, L.I. ; Cardiel, E. ; Ramos, E.G. ; Hedz, Pablo-Ro

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

1791

Abstract

An ultrasonic system for in-vivo monitoring of the gastric motility in rat is presented. This non-invasive technique allows to obtain both the qualitative gastric motility and electrical signals simultaneously without loading excessively the stomach of the subject under study. The system includes a crystal-based oscillator to stabilize the output signal. Comparative measurements were made using a strain gage device and results showed a good qualitative relationship.

Keywords

biological organs; biological techniques; biomechanics; oscillators; strain gauges; ultrasonic equipment; biophysical instrumentation; crystal-based oscillator; electrical signals; noninvasive ultrasonic detector; output signal stabilization; qualitative relationship; rat gastric motility; stomach loading; Capacitive sensors; Circuits; Detectors; Frequency; Monitoring; Oscillators; Rats; Stomach; Transmitters; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053027

Filename

1053027