Automatic embolus detection compared with human experts: A Doppler ultrasound study

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1840-1843

  Van Zuilen, Erik V ^a   Mess, Werner H ^a   Jansen, Cees ^a   Van Der Tweel, Ingeborg ^b   Van Gijn, Jan ^c   Ackerstaff, Rob G A ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cerebral embolism; diagnosis; observer variation; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029780054     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.10.1840     Document Type: Article

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