Manual versus automatic bladder wall thickness measurements: A method comparison study

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 747-753

  Oelke, Matthias ^a,b   Mamoulakis, Charalampos ^b   Ubbink, Dirk T ^b   De La Rosette, Jean J ^b   Wijkstra, Hessel ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bladder wall thickness; BVM 6500; Repeatability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; URINE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINE; URODYNAMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249096543     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-009-0392-2     Document Type: Article

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