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Practical Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography

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Ultrasound provides easy access and ease of use for visualization of structures. In pelvic floor ultrasound imaging, the functionality of structures visualized has traditionally been augmented with digital pelvic floor examination. New modalities such as elastography, shear wave elastography, acoustic radiation force impulse, photoacoustic imaging, and vaginal tactile imaging may provide additional insight into the functionality of pelvic floor.

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  1. Medicine and Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Kang Kim

  2. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Kang Kim

  3. Technology Development, ARTANN Laboratories, Inc, West Trenton, NJ, USA

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  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Subspecialties, INOVA Women’s Hospital, Virginia Commonwealth University, 3300 Gallows Road, Second Floor South Tower, Falls Church, VA, 22042-3307, USA

    S. Abbas Shobeiri

  5. Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA

    S. Abbas Shobeiri

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Kim, K., Egorov, V., Abbas Shobeiri, S. (2017). Emerging Imaging Technologies and Techniques. In: Shobeiri, S. (eds) Practical Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52929-5_17

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