Zhiye Song, Mercy Asiedu, Shuhang Wang, Qian Li, Arinc Ozturk, Vipasha Mittal, Scott Schoen, Srinath Ramaswamy, Theodore T Pierce, Anthony E Samir, Yonina C Eldar, Anantha Chandrakasan, Viksit Kumar
Post-operative urinary retention is a medical condition where patients cannot urinate despite having a full bladder. Ultrasound imaging of the bladder is used to estimate urine volume for early diagnosis and management of urine retention. Moreover, the use of bladder ultrasound can reduce the need for an indwelling urinary catheter and the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Wearable ultrasound devices combined with machine-learning based bladder volume estimation algorithms reduce the burdens of nurses in hospital settings and improve outpatient care...
September 30, 2023: Scientific Reports