Comparison of air-charged and water-filled urodynamic pressure measurement catheters

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-334

  Cooper, M A ^a,b,c   Fletter, P C ^a,b,c   Zaszczurynski, P J ^a,b,c   Damaser, M S ^a,b,c  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air charged; Catheter; Frequency response; Pressure; Urodynamics; Water filled

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; URODYNAMICS;

AIR; ARTIFACTS; CATHETERS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 79952775042     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20991     Document Type: Article

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