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Measurement
 Global and regional gastric volume
Wall thickness
Tonic, peristaltic and
segmentation
contractions
Diameter and cross-sectional area
Compliance and tone
Research Areas
Prokinetic pharmacology
Post-ectomal evaluation
Ileitus and colitis
Ruminant physiology
Ø Why use Sonomicrometry
for
Gastro-Intestinal Studies?
Sonomicrometry in
Practice
Adelson, D.W. and M.
Million. Tracking the moveable feast:
sonomicrometry and gastrointestinal motility. News Physiol Sci.
2004: Feb. 19: 27-32.
Adelson, D.W., M.
Million, K. Kanamoto, T. Palanca and Y. Tache. Coordinated
gastric and sphincter motility evoked by intravenous CCK-8 as monitored by
ultrasonomicrometry in rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol.
2004: Feb. 286: G321-G332.
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