title: Estimation algorithm of the bowel motility based on regression analysis of the jitter and shimmer of bowel sounds.
abstract: Bowel sound (BS) signals can be used clinically as useful indicators of bowel motility. In this study, we devised a modified iterative kurtosis-based detector algorithm, in order to enhance the de-noising performance of BS signals, and an estimation algorithm of bowel motility based on the regression modeling of the jitter and shimmer of BS signals obtained by auscultation. The correlation coefficient, coefficient of determination and errors between the colon transit times measured by a conventional radiograph and the corresponding values estimated by our method were 0.987, 0.974 and 3.5 ± 3.3h, respectively. These results demonstrated that our method could be used as a complementary tool for the non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring of bowel motility, instead of conventional radiography.
authors.affiliation: School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Chonbuk National University, 664-14 Deokjin-dong, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Keo Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Sang Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Min Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chul Gyu
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis