Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 770-774 , September 2009

Use of short-term bio-impedance for gastric motility assessment

  • R. Huerta-Franco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Labor Research and Applied Science, DCS, Campus-León, The University of Guanajuato, Av Eugenio Garza Sada 572, Lomas del Campestre, 37150 Leon Gto, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre el Trabajo, Universidad de Guanajuato, Av Eugenio Garza Sada 572, Lomas del Campestre, 37150 León Gto, Mexico. Tel.: +52 477 718 4721; fax: +52 477 773 7037.
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  • M. Vargas-Luna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering Physics, DCI, Campus-León, The University of Guanajuato, Loma del Bosque 103, Lomas del Campestre, 37150 Leon Gto, Mexico
    • ,
  • E. Hernandez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering Physics, DCI, Campus-León, The University of Guanajuato, Loma del Bosque 103, Lomas del Campestre, 37150 Leon Gto, Mexico
    • ,
  • K. Capaccione

      Affiliations

    • College of Arts and Science, New York University, 100 Wasington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA
    • ,
  • T. Cordova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering Physics, DCI, Campus-León, The University of Guanajuato, Loma del Bosque 103, Lomas del Campestre, 37150 Leon Gto, Mexico

Received 24 June 2008 ,Revised 13 February 2009 ,Accepted 16 February 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00069-1

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.02.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 770-774 , September 2009

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