Pelvic floor ultrasound

Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-290

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder neck; Color Doppler ultrasound; Cystourethrocele; Levator Activity; Nulliparous women; Translabial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLADDER NECK; BLADDER WALL; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PELVIS SURGERY; PERINEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 33745816376     PISSN: 15734056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340506776930629     Document Type: Review

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