Variability in B-mode ultrasound measurements in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 545-554

  Chambless, Lloyd E ^a   Zhong, Ming M ^a   Arnett, Donna ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^b   Riley, Ward A ^c   Heiss, Gerardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; Measurement variation; Quantitative imaging; Reliability; Repeatability; Variance

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; MEDICINE; NEUROLOGY; RELIABILITY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B-MODE ULTRASOUND; REPEATABILITY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029900106     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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