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Optimal direction of the electrogastrographic signal in man

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The study aims at determining a characterising configuration useful in obtaining the gastric signal of man from cutaneous electrodes. To do this, a daisy-chain electrode was placed on the abdominal surface making sure that a configuration was on the direction of the antral axis previously defined. The study is based on the analysis of the electrical signals recorded from 13 healthy subjects whose antrum position had been determined by X-rays. In the analysis the gastric signal amplitude was wider in the configuration corresponding with the antral axis than on other ones.

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  1. Physics Department, University of Bari, Via G. Amendola 173, 70126, Bari, Italy

    N. Mirizzi

  2. Gastroenterology Scientific Institute, Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy

    U. Scafoglieri

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Mirizzi, N., Scafoglieri, U. Optimal direction of the electrogastrographic signal in man. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 21, 385–389 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442624

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