• DocumentCode
    1223194
  • Title

    An Ultrasonic Bladder-Volume Sensor

  • Author

    Rise, M.T. ; Bradley, W.E. ; Frohrib, D.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    709
  • Lastpage
    711
  • Abstract
    Loss of bladder sensation is a common clinical problem, particularly in diabetes mellitus. A pocket-size ultrasonic bladder-volume sensor has been constructed and tested with successful results. This paper describes the sensor and presents results from its use on healthy volunteers.
  • Keywords
    Acoustic devices; Acoustic sensors; Biomedical acoustics; Biosensors; Bladder; Diabetes; Magnetic switching; Neurons; Oscillators; Switches; Electronics, Medical; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Transducers; Ultrasonics; Ultrasonography; Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic; Urination;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1979.326464
  • Filename
    4122981
    • Link To Document
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