Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 24-28 , July 2008

Portable Ultrasonography and Bladder Volume Accuracy—A Comparative Study Using Three-Dimensional Ultrasonography

  • Khurshid R. Ghani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Khurshid Ghani, B.Sc.(Hons.), M.B.Ch.B., M.R.C.S.(Ed.), Department of Urology, St. George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0JT United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • James Pilcher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • David Rowland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physics and Ultrasound, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Uday Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Daruish Nassiri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physics and Ultrasound, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Ken Anson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Received 25 November 2007 ,Accepted 16 February 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)00236-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.033

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 24-28 , July 2008

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