Open AccessNew technologies in gastrointestinal research
Author(s) -
Asbjørn Mohr Drewes,
Hans Gregersen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.129
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrointestinal system , data science , computer science , bioinformatics , medical physics , pathology , biology
This issue presents different new techniques aiming to increase our understanding of the gastrointestinal system and to improve treatment. The technologies cover selected methods to evoke and assess gut pain, new methods for imaging and physiological measurements, histochemistry, pharmacological modelling etc. There is no doubt that the methods will revolutionize the diagnostic approach in near future.