Towards a Wearable Ultrasonic Device for Real-Time and Non-Invasive Estimation of Bladder Volume

Parisa Dehghanzadeh1, Alex Roman, Steve Majerus2, Soumyajit Mandal1

  • 1Case Western Reserve University
  • 2APT Center, Cleveland VAMC

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19:30 - 20:30 | Tue 6 Mar | Caribbean ABC | TuPO.13

Session: Poster Session # 2 and BSN Innovative Health Technology Demonstrations

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Abstract

Real-time bladder volume (BV) measurements can be used to adjust neuromodulation activity for improved bladder function, or to alert spinal-cord injured patients of potentially dangerous overfill situations. Here we propose a wearable noninvasive device that uses A-mode ultrasound signals from a conformal probe for BV estimation. Preliminary experimental results from a test phantom have comparable accuracy (< 20% error) to typical clinical measurements of BV.