Tracking the moveable feast: sonomicrometry and gastrointestinal motility.
Ultrasonomicrometry measures distance between piezoelectric crystals based on transmission time of ultrasound bursts. It allows monitoring of coordinated motion of small and delicate tissues, including gastrointestinal sphincters. Its suitability for motility studies in small animals such as mice suggests that its use in gastrointestinal studies will increase in coming years.
Adelson
David W
DW
CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women's Health, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Area Health System-West Los Angeles Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, University of California, 90073, USA.
Million
Mulugeta
M
D000818:Animals; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*