This paper proposes a new food-evaluation technique based on biological information of the human body. Innovating a new food evaluation technique based on biological information can allow us to develop high-valued food products on the occasion of food design. We particularly focus on a small intestine and assume that the digestive activity varies depending on an individual constitution, health condition and compatibility between an individual and a food. This method can track digests in a small intestine and determine their status by using an ultrasound B-mode movie. We acquire peristaltic activity of a small intestine using frame subtraction method and determine their status using optical flow.This allows quantifying peristaltic activity of a small intestine based on tracking of digests in an abdominal B-mode movie.

Date Published: 17 April 2019
PDF: 5 pages
Proc. SPIE 11071, Tenth International Conference on Signal Processing Systems, 110710V (17 April 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2516239

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 11071:
Tenth International Conference on Signal Processing Systems
Kezhi Mao; Xudong Jiang, Editor(s)