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A new mathematical model to simulate the extracellular ECA (electrical control activity) of the human stomach by computer is proposed in the paper. In this model the ECA is generated by the electrical potential produced by an annular band polarised by electric dipoles and moving distally from the mid-corpus to the terminal antrum. The model is consistent with the function of the stomach and reproduces all the morphological characteristics (waveform, amplitude, duration, frequency) of the gastric ECA as obtained by experimentsin vivo. It is easy to simulate by computer.
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Mirizzi, N., Stella, R. & Scafoglieri, U. A model of extracellular waveshape of the gastric electrical activity. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 23, 33–37 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02444024
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