Design and evaluation of an ultrasound-based bladder volume monitor

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 762-769

  Kristiansen, Niels Kristian ^a   Djurhuus, J C ^a   Nygaard, H ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bladder scanner; Bladder volume; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; UROLOGY;

PERCENTAGE ERROR; ULTRASONIC BLADDERS; ULTRASOUND PHANTOMS; UROLOGICAL DISORDERS;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER WALL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; MONITOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROCOMPUTERS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; URINARY BLADDER; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 10244239471     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345209     Document Type: Article

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