PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS OF BOWEL SOUNDS CAPTURED FROM A NOVEL WEARABLE DEVICE

Bowel sounds (BS), the noises produced by the movement of fluids and gas during the peristaltic movement of intestines, are useful in clinical practice as their auscultation constitutes a traditional technique for identifying gastrointestinal (GI) health status. Assessing patients with GI disturbances presents many challenges for a health professional. In this direction, there are research efforts that focus on computerized BS analysis systems in order to detect GI motility problems