MRI Assessment of the Influence of Body Position on the Shape and Position of the Urinary Bladder

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Kristiansen, Niels Kristian ^a,b   Ringgaard, Steffen ^a   Nygaard, Hans ^a,b   Djurhuus, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bladder position; Bladder shape; Body position; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 1242317715     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310017325     Document Type: Article

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