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Figure 7

From: Simulation and analysis of spatio-temporal maps of gastrointestinal motility

Figure 7

Following the analysis of figure 6, several parameters of contraction can now be derived from the ST-map such as the frequency of contraction, the distance between one contraction and the next (= wavelength), the width of the contraction, the aboral propagation velocity and the sequence velocity. The sequence velocity is negative as the contractions step backwards in the oral direction.

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