Use of monitoring software to improve the measurement of carotid wall thickness by B-mode imaging

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue , 1992, Pages S37-S41

  Touboul, Pierre Jean ^a   Prati, Patrizio ^b   Scarabin, Pierre Yves ^c   Adrai, Valérie ^a   Thibout, Emmanuel ^d   Ducimetière, Pierre ^c  

^a Centre for Neurovascular Diagnosis and Prevention ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d ICI Pharma SA ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Software; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; MONITORING; OPERATOR; POSITION EFFECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026652153     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199207001-00006     Document Type: Article

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