Reviewer's report
Title:Gastric emptying and small intestinal transit time and motility assessed by
a magnet tracking system
Version: 2Date:16 September 2011
Reviewer: Phil Dinning
Reviewer's report:
The authors have addressed all of the concerns I had raised. The additions to the
methods and a section in the discussion detailing advantages of their technique
over the current commercially available SmartPill, significantly improve the paper.
• Major Compulsory Revisions:
These have been addressed
• Discretionary Revisions
I just have one final comment regarding the use of MTS-1 in children (Page 12).
MTS-1 does not require radiation and is therefore of potential benefit in children.
While I agree with this, I wonder how many children could swallow the pill and sit
still for unto 8 hours. Do you have any data on the use of this pill in children?
Seems a little unlikely that it would be suitable tool.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I can answer no to all of the above.
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Gastric emptying and small intestinal transit time and motility assessed by
a magnet tracking system
Version: 2Date:16 September 2011
Reviewer: Phil Dinning
Reviewer's report:
The authors have addressed all of the concerns I had raised. The additions to the
methods and a section in the discussion detailing advantages of their technique
over the current commercially available SmartPill, significantly improve the paper.
• Major Compulsory Revisions:
These have been addressed
• Discretionary Revisions
I just have one final comment regarding the use of MTS-1 in children (Page 12).
MTS-1 does not require radiation and is therefore of potential benefit in children.
While I agree with this, I wonder how many children could swallow the pill and sit
still for unto 8 hours. Do you have any data on the use of this pill in children?
Seems a little unlikely that it would be suitable tool.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I can answer no to all of the above.
I declare that I have no competing interests
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Gastric emptying and small intestinal transit time and motility assessed by
a magnet tracking system
Version: 2Date:16 September 2011
Reviewer: Phil Dinning
Reviewer's report:
The authors have addressed all of the concerns I had raised. The additions to the
methods and a section in the discussion detailing advantages of their technique
over the current commercially available SmartPill, significantly improve the paper.
• Major Compulsory Revisions:
These have been addressed
• Discretionary Revisions
I just have one final comment regarding the use of MTS-1 in children (Page 12).
MTS-1 does not require radiation and is therefore of potential benefit in children.
While I agree with this, I wonder how many children could swallow the pill and sit
still for unto 8 hours. Do you have any data on the use of this pill in children?
Seems a little unlikely that it would be suitable tool.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I can answer no to all of the above.
I declare that I have no competing interests
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