Design of a miniaturized ultrasonic bladder volume monitor and subsequent preliminary evaluation on 41 enuretic patients

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-74

  Petrican, P ^a   Sawan, M A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical validation; Enuresis; Nocturnal incontinence; Ultrasound devices; Urinary bladder monitoring; Volume transducer; Wakeup alarm

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SLEEP RESEARCH; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; UROLOGY;

ENURESIS; NOCTURNAL INCONTINENCE; URINARY BLADDER MONITORING; VOLUME TRANSDUCER; WAKEUP ALARM;

HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT;

ALARM MONITORING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOMETRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENURESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0032033523     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.662622     Document Type: Article

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