Estimation of fetal urinary bladder volume using the sum-of-cylinders method vs. the ellipsoid formula

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Fagerquist M ^a,e   Fagerquist U ^b   Oden A ^c   Blomberg, S G ^d  

^a North Elfsborg County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Edutec Inc   (United States)

^c Statistics Department   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bladder; Fetus; Human; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound; Urine; Volume

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CALCULATION; COMPUTER; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE VOLUME;

CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0038336659     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.139     Document Type: Article

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