Interobserver variation in duplex sonographic scanning in the femoropopliteal tract

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 421-428

  Winter Warnars, Hillegonda A O ^a,b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Mali, Willem P T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Zuwe Hofpoort Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doppler spectrum; Duplex ultrasonography; Femoropopliteal artery; Interobserver variation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING;

DOPPLER SPECTRUM; DUPLEX SONOGRAPHIC SCANNING; DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMOROPOPLITEAL TRACT; INTEROBSERVER VARIATION;

ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030175439     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.6.421     Document Type: Article

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