Measurement of stomach volume by real-time ultrasound.
An accurate, rapid and repeatable technique of volume measurement is described; the equipment comprises a linear array scanner, a support gantry, a video tape recorder and an inexpensive microcomputer. The technique is being used to study gastric emptying but applications to other viscera, soft tissue masses and the fetus are possible.
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*