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ArticleOpen journal of obstetrics and gynecology2015

Tactile Imaging Markers to Characterize Female Pelvic Floor Conditions.

Heather van Raalte, Vladimir Egorov

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Article in Open journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Vaginal tactile imaging: A review.Pelviperineology · 2023
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  3. Feasibility and safety of antepartum tactile imaging.International urogynecology journal · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Heather van RaaltePrinceton Urogynecology, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Vladimir EgorovArtann Laboratories, Trenton, NJ, USA.

Funding

Vaginal Tactile Imager for Pelvic Floor Biomechanical AssessmentR44AG034714 · NIA · ARTANN LABORATORIES, INC. · PI EGOROV, VLADIMIR · 2011 to 2014
$2.6M
Vaginal Tactile Imager for Pelvic Floor Biomechanical AssessmentSB1AG034714 · NIA · ARTANN LABORATORIES, INC. · PI SARVAZYAN, NOUNE · 2016 to 2017
$1.2M
Vaginal Tactile Imager for Pelvic Floor Biomechanical AssessmentR43AG034714 · NIA · ARTANN LABORATORIES, INC. · PI EGOROV, VLADIMIR · 2009 to 2009
$208k
NIA NIH HHS R43 AG034714NIA NIH HHS R44 AG034714NIA NIH HHS SB1 AG034714
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Vaginal Tactile Imager (VTI) records pressure patterns from vaginal walls under an applied tissue deformation and during pelvic floor muscle contractions. The objective of this study is to validate tactile imaging and muscle contraction parameters (markers) sensitive to the female pelvic floor conditions. Twenty-two women with normal and prolapse conditions were examined by a vaginal tactile imaging probe. We identified 9 parameters which were sensitive to prolapse conditions (

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BiomechanicsElastographyProlapseSoft TissueTactile ImagingTissue Elasticity

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PMID26389014
PMCPMC4571288

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