Induced Transducer Orientation During Ultrasound Imaging: Effects on Abdominal Muscle Thickness and Bladder Position

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1803-1811

  Whittaker, Jackie L ^a,b   Warner, Martin B ^a   Stokes, Maria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Whittaker Physiotherapy Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bladder position; Transversus abdominis; Ultrasound imaging; Ultrasound transducer; Validity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE; ABDOMINIS; BLADDER BASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; CLOCK WISE; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; DYNAMIC STUDIES; MOTION ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MOTION CAPTURE; REFERENCE IMAGE; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; REPEATED MEASURES; SONOGRAPHIC; TRANSDUCER MOTION; TRANSDUCER ORIENTATIONS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENTS; MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

TRANSDUCERS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; ORIENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY BLADDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249098626     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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