Gastric activity studies using a magnetic tracer.

abstract：:Focused impedance measurements (FIM) are used in several fields, and address the problem of measuring the volume impedance of an object within a volume conductor. Several electrode configurations are possible, and these have different properties. Sensitivity fields of four configurations have been investigated. We pre...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Pettersen FJ,Ferdous H,Kalvøy H,Martinsen ØG,Høgetveit JO

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of estimated parameters of the work-time relationship during cross-country ski ergometry using the traditional multi-trial critical power (CP) test and a 3 min 'all-out' test (3MT). Fourteen recreationally active male participants (mean ± SD; age: 2...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Fukuda DH,Hetrick RP,Kendall KL,Smith-Ryan AE,Jackson ME,Stout JR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wearables such as accelerometers are emerging as powerful tools for quantifying gait in various environments. Flexibility in wearable location may improve ease of use and data acquisition during instrumented testing. However, change of location may impact algorithm functionality when evaluating associated gait charact...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Del Din S,Hickey A,Hurwitz N,Mathers JC,Rochester L,Godfrey A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increased penetration of pulsatile power to the brain has been implicated in the pathogenesis of age-related cognitive dysfunction and dementia, a common comorbidity in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, there is a lack of knowledge on the effects of organic and inor...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Londono-Hoyos F,Zamani P,Beraun M,Vasim I,Segers P,Chirinos JA

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this paper, a support vector machine (SVM) approach using statistical features, P wave absence, spectrum features, and length-adaptive entropy are presented to classify ECG rhythms as four types: normal rhythm, atrial fibrillation (AF), other rhythm, and too noisy to classify. APPROACH:The proposed algori...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Liu N,Sun M,Wang L,Zhou W,Dang H,Zhou X

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional bioimpedance spectrometers measure resistance and reactance over a range of frequencies and, by application of a mathematical model for an equivalent circuit (the Cole model), estimate resistance at zero and infinite frequencies. Fitting of the experimental data to the model is accomplished by iterative, ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Ward LC,Essex T,Cornish BH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we developed a novel technique for estimating non-constrained and cuffless blood pressure (BP) that was based on electrocardiogram (ECG) and ballistocardiogram (BCG). The BCG was non-invasively measured using a common electronic weighing scale when a subject was standing on it. The ECG was measured usin...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Shin JH,Lee KM,Park KS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature concerning measurement of spatial resolution in electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is vague. Different groups often use their own method or a modified version of a better known method, thus hindering a generalized resolution measurement which could be useful for gauging the performance of one system ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Wheeler JL,Wang W,Tang M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sleep-stage scoring is important for sleep-quality evaluation and the diagnosis of related diseases. In this study, an automatic sleep-stage scoring method using photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals was proposed. APPROACH:To construct the classification model, we extracted 14 time-domain features, 17 frequenc...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Wu X,Yang J,Pan Y,Zhang X,Luo Y

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a primary coil that induces eddy currents in a volume conductor, and a pair of secondary coils configured to form a differential transformer, it is possible to measure the conductivity of a volume conductor by the magnetic fields of the induced eddy currents. This method is especially favourable for measuring im...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Netz J,Forner E,Haagemann S

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal sweating manikins are used to analyse the heat and mass transfer phenomena in the skin-clothing-environment system. However, the limiting factor of present thermal manikins is their inability to simulate adequately the human thermal behaviour, which has a significant effect on the clothing microenvironment. A ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Psikuta A,Richards M,Fiala D

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current methods for analysing foetal heart rate (FHR) patterns have yet to meet their full potential in the recognition of hypoxia in the foetus. Following the recent suggestion that fractal analysis can be applied to FHR recordings, the current paper describes a method for distinguishing two simultaneous fractal dime...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Gough NA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Physical activity has been shown to impact future health outcomes in adults, but little is known about the long-term impact of physical activity in toddlers. Accurately measuring the specific types and amounts of physical activity in toddlers will help us to understand, predict, and better affect their future...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Albert MV,Sugianto A,Nickele K,Zavos P,Sindu P,Ali M,Kwon S

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated five different methods which can be applied to quantitatively construct functional tomograms of the lungs. The focus was on the sensitivity of functional tomograms to errors in acquired data. To quantify this sensitivity, theoretical, error-free data sets of well-known properties were artificially gene...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Hahn G,Dittmar J,Just A,Quintel M,Hellige G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capillary refill time (CRT) is a simple means of cardiovascular assessment which is widely used in clinical care. Currently, CRT is measured through manual assessment of the time taken for skin tone to return to normal colour following blanching of the skin surface. There is evidence to suggest that manually assessed ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Blaxter LL,Morris DE,Crowe JA,Henry C,Hill S,Sharkey D,Vyas H,Hayes-Gill BR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Actiwatch 2 (AW2) is a wrist-worn accelerometer typically used to measure sleep. Although it can measure physical activity, there is limited evidence supporting its validity. We assessed the validity and reliability of the AW2 to measure sedentary behavior and physical activity (light, moderate, vigorous ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Kemp C,Pienaar PR,Henst RHP,Roden LC,Kolbe-Alexander TL,Rae DE

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The healing of wounds is critical in protecting the human body against environmental factors. The mechanisms involving protein expression during this complex physiological process have not been fully elucidated. APPROACH:Here, we use reverse-phase protein microarrays (RPPA) involving 94 phosphoproteins to st...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Gao X,Petricoin EF 3rd,Ward KR,Goldberg SR,Duane TM,Bonchev D,Arodz T,Diegelmann RF

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measures the conductivity distribution within an object based on the current applied and voltage measured at surface electrodes. Thus, EIT images are sensitive to electrode properties (i.e. contact impedance, electrode area and boundary shape under the electrode). While some of th...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Boyle A,Adler A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyse the feasibility of long-term measurements of cerebral (crSO2) and peripheral (prSO2) regional tissue oxygen saturation on the first day of life by determining the amount of artefacts and their influence on rSO2. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurements were performed fronto-p...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Schmitz J,Pichler G,Schwaberger B,Urlesberger B,Baik N,Binder C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EPR oximetry is a promising, relatively non-invasive method for monitoring the partial pressure of oxygen in tissue (PtO2) that has proved useful in following changes under various physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions. Optimal utilization of the method will be facilitated by systematic comparisons with other av...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： O'Hara JA,Khan N,Hou H,Wilmo CM,Demidenko E,Dunn JF,Swartz HM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses some important issues for the design of electrical impedance measurement systems intended for body fluid shift monitoring, in particular during dialysis treatments. We have studied two common signal generation systems: digital synthesis and carrier recovery. We have found that in prolonged measure...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Lozano A,Rosell J,Pallás-Areny R

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A finite difference model of the human thorax with 113,400 control volumes (nodes) based on ECG gated MRI images was used to evaluate the Sheffield DAS-01P EIT system. Sixteen simulated electrode positions equally spaced around the thorax model at approximately the fourth intercostals space level were selected. Pairs ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Patterson RP,Zhang J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to adapt a novel near-infrared diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) flow-oximeter for simultaneous and continuous monitoring of relative changes in cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and cerebral oxygenation (i.e. oxygenated/deoxygenated/total hemoglobin concentration: Δ[HbO2]/Δ[Hb]/ΔTHC) dur...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Hou Y,Shang Y,Cheng R,Zhao Y,Qin Y,Kryscio R,Rayapati A,Hayes D,Yu G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the accuracy of the Oura ring in the quantification of resting heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). BACKGROUND:Wearable devices have become comfortable, lightweight, and technologically advanced for assessing health behavior. As an example, the novel Oura ring integrates daily physic...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Kinnunen H,Rantanen A,Kenttä T,Koskimäki H

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was done to introduce new parameters derived by time frequency analysis of heart rate variability data. Four simulation experiments were carried out to compare the short-time Fourier transform (STFT) analysis method to the traditional overall spectral analysis method. Sinusoidal signals were generated with ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Elsenbruch S,Wang Z,Orr WC,Chen JD

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is very sensitive to deformations of the medium boundary shape. For lung imaging, breathing and changes in posture move the electrodes and change the chest shape, resulting in image artefacts. Several approaches have been proposed to improve the reconstructed images; most methods ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Gómez-Laberge C,Adler A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is accepted that changes in the peripheral pulse waveform characteristics occur with ageing. Pulse risetime is one important feature which has clinical value. However, it is unclear how it varies across the full age spectrum from child to senior and for different peripheral measurement sites. The objective...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Allen J,O'Sullivan J,Stansby G,Murray A

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Manganese (Mn) is a neurotoxin. However, the impact of elevated, chronic Mn exposure is not well understood, partially due to the lack of a cumulative exposure biomarker. To address this gap, our group developed a compact in vivo neutron activation analysis (IVNAA) system to quantify Mn concentration in bone ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Liu Y,Rolle-McFarland D,Mostafaei F,Zhou Y,Li Y,Zheng W,Wells E,Nie LH

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance spectroscopy has been developed as a potential method for the diagnosis of carcinoma in epithelial tissues. An understanding of the influence of structural changes in the tissue on the properties measured using this technique is essential for interpreting measured data and optimization of probe de...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Walker DC,Smallwood RH,Keshtar A,Wilkinson BA,Hamdy FC,Lee JA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used finite element analysis to study the relationship between the intraventricular blood conductance and the right ventricular volume. Previous studies reported a quasi-linear dependence between these two quantities. We quantified the effects of the resistivities of the surrounding tissues (e.g. heart wall, lungs)...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Panescu D,Webster JG,Stratbucker RA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00