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posted on 2015-12-07, 08:53 authored by Ryan E. Stafford, Geoff Coughlin, Nicholas J Lutton, Paul W. HodgesRepresentative transperineal ultrasound images recorded in the (A) relaxed and (B) contracted states with pelvic structure borders and points of interest superimposed on the images. (C) Combined borders from the two images to indicate change in position. The circles indicate the points of interest used for displacement calculations, and the arrows indicate direction of displacement with voluntary contraction.
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