Hepatic artery: Variability in measurement of resistive index and systolic acceleration time in healthy volunteers

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 725-729

  Paulson, Erik K ^a   Kliewer, Mark A ^a   Frederick, M Gena ^a   Keogan, Mary T ^a   Delong, David M ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood, flow dynamics; Hepatic arteries, US; Liver, blood supply; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029810986     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.3.8756922     Document Type: Article

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