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Over the past 10 years, the study of the urinary bladder has been improved by an imaging technique that is easy to perform in an outpatient setting, reproducible, and relatively inexpensive: the ultrasound scan. The potential for using ultrasound in both diagnostic and follow-up stages of benign and malignant diseases has led to its becoming an invaluable tool for the urologist. However, as ultrasound is also highly user dependent, it has become crucial to establish accurate guidelines for the correct execution of the exam to reduce the risk of incorrectly interpreting bladder morphology which varies according to the different phases of bladder filling.
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Gunelli, R. (2017). Bladder: Ultrasound Anatomy and Scanning Methods. In: Martino, P., Galosi, A. (eds) Atlas of Ultrasonography in Urology, Andrology, and Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40782-1_34
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