Finally, hours before liftoff, he had to insert a rectal probe to monitor his internal temperature and breathe pure oxygen to clear his blood of nitrogen.
Occasionally, they also undergo invasive procedures, like a bronchoscopy or a biopsy, or something else unpleasant, such as being deprived of sleep, wearing a rectal probe, or having allergens sprayed in their faces.
According to the lawsuit, Horse broke no laws on the day of the protest but was doused with pepper spray, trapped between police lines for several hours, and then arrested and subjected to a rectal probe.
Two tests are commonly used to determine risk: a blood test for a compound called prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and a digital rectal probe for suspicious lumps.
Core temperature was measured intermittently with a rectal probe.
The animals were placed on heating blankets, and body temperature was monitored with a rectal probe.
Semen was collected successfully from seven bulls by electroejaculation, using a specially designed rectal probe.
At Time 0, bulls were subject to electroejaculation, rectal probe insertion without electroejaculation, or no manipulation.
The data when the forehead sensor or rectal probe was taken out for nursing care was excluded from statistical analysis.
Body temperature of the rats was maintained at 37 ± 0.5 °C using a heating blanket and a rectal probe.
The entirely image-based system solves the patient motion problem with an a priori model of rectal probe kinematics.
