Gastric transit and small intestinal transit time and motility assessed by a magnet tracking system

• Published in: BMC gastroenterology Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 145
• Main Authors: Worsøe, Jonas, Fynne, Lotte, Gregersen, Tine, Schlageter, Vincent, Christensen, Lisbet A, Dahlerup, Jens F, Rijkhoff, Nico JM, Laurberg, Søren, Krogh, Klaus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 29.12.2011; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adult; Capsule Endoscopes; Experiments; Fasting; Female; Gastric Emptying; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal system; Gastrointestinal Transit; Hepatology; Humans; Intestine, Small - physiology; Magnetic fields; Magnetometry; Magnets; Male; Methods; Middle Aged; Motility; Peristalsis; Postprandial Period; Sensors; Small intestine; Statistics, Nonparametric; Studies; Technical Advance

Tracking an ingested magnet by the Magnet Tracking System MTS-1 (Motilis, Lausanne, Switzerland) is an easy and minimally-invasive method to assess gastrointestinal transit. The aim was to test the validity of MTS-1 for assessment of gastric transit time and small intestinal transit time, and to ill...