Three dimensional registration of mechanical bladder activity using polystyrene fluorescent spheres: A technical note

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 236-241

  Kinder, Ir M V ^a,c   Bos, R ^a   Willems, P J B ^a   Drost, M R ^a   Holtzer, C A J ^b   Janknegt, R ^a   Marani, E ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Leiden University Medical Center ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Polystyrene fluorescent spheres; Sacral nerve stimulation; Strain field; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER WALL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; RELIABILITY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033494018     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.107.3.236.4331     Document Type: Article

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