1. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF IN VIVO PERISTALTIC AND SEGMENTAL MOTION IN THE RAT SMALL INTESTINE USING DYNAMIC MRI Open Access Author: Ailiani, Amit Title: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF IN VIVO PERISTALTIC AND SEGMENTAL MOTION IN THE RAT SMALL INTESTINE USING DYNAMIC MRI Graduate Program: Bioengineering Keywords: image analysisimage segmentationprincipal component analysisactive shape modelsin vivojejunumsegmental motionperistalsisdynamic MRIMagnetic Resonance Imagingnon invasiveisofluraneinactin anesthesiarat small intestinevillicomputational fluid dynamics model File: Download Amit_Ailiani_PhD_Thesis_24March2010.pdf Committee Members: Andrew Webb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorAndrew G Webb, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJames Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-ChairKeefe B Manning, Committee MemberSteven Schiff, Committee Member