Assessment of temporal bias in longitudinal measurements of carotid intimal-medial thickness in the Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Progression Study (ACAPS)

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-411

  Riley, Ward A ^a   Craven, Tim ^a   Romont, Alicia ^b   Furberg, Curt D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; Carotid atherosclerosis; Measurement drift; Temporal bias

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; DRUG PRODUCTS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

B MODE ULTRASOUND; CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMAL MEDIAL THICKNESS; MEASUREMENT DRIFT; TEMPORAL BIAS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029884866     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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