Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
9-30-1988
Degree Name
Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Biomedical Engineering Committee
First Advisor
Stanley S. Reisman
Second Advisor
David S. Kristol
Abstract
This thesis describes a computer algorithm for locating gastrointestinal spike bursts. The algorithm also finds the the number of spikes within each spike burst, the average duration, and average amplitude of each spike burst. The algorithm was applied to the automation of the analysis of the Migrating Colonic Complex.
The algorithm detects the spike burst using threshold, time interval and frequency criteria. The computer program is implemented on a PDP 11/73 digital computer. The operation of the algorithm was tested on animal models to detect the spike bursts, before and after the inducement of certain drugs to alter the colonic motility. Tested against visual recognition, the reliability rate was above 90% and the misrecognition rate was less than 10%.
Recommended Citation
Krishnan, Karthik, "Computerized analysis of gastrointestinal spike burst activity" (1988). Theses. 3127.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3127
