@inproceedings{64f6554be8094c808202df7b12754bbb,
title = "An algorithm for estimation of abdominal pressure by electromyography",
abstract = "The abdominal pressure represents the net effect of the forces exerted on the bladder by the surrounding organs. Conventional rectal catheters, which are used to for the measurement of abdominal pressure, can cause erroneous results that affect detrusor pressure. We invented a novel method for estimating abdominal pressure in a non invasive manner using the surface electromyographic (EMG) signals of the rectus abdominis muscle. As a result, the correlation coefficient and root mean square error between measured abdominal pressures measured by conventional rectal catheters and those estimated by our proposed algorithm were 0.79±0.06 and 0.10±0.07, respectively. This method demonstrated that the surface EMG of the rectus abdominis muscle might be able to be used indirectly for the measurement of the abdominal pressure in ambulatory urodynamics monitoring studies.",
keywords = "Abdominal pressure, Conventional rectal catheter, Cystometry, Electromyography, Regression modeling",
author = "Kim, \{K. S.\} and An, \{Y. S.\} and Seo, \{J. H.\} and Song, \{C. G.\}",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
isbn = "1601320558",
series = "Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BIOCOMP 2008",
pages = "352--357",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BIOCOMP 2008",
note = "2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BIOCOMP 2008 ; Conference date: 14-07-2008 Through 17-07-2008",
}