Reproducibility of extracranial carotid atherosclerotic lesions assessed by B-mode ultrasound: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 791-799

  Li, Rongling ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^b   Tegeler, Charles ^c   Sorlie, Paul ^d   Metcalf, Patricia A ^e   Heiss, Gerardo ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina   (New Zealand)

^b Bowman Gray School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic shadowing; Atherosclerosis; B mode Ultrasound; Carotid arteries; Kappa statistic; Plaque; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC SHADOWING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK IN COMMUNITIES; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; B MODE ULTRASOUND; CAROTID BIFURCATION; EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; KAPPA STATISTIC; MINERALIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029784032     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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