Agreement between trained and untrained observers in grading intravascular bubble signals in ultrasonic images

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-299

  Eftedal, O ^a   Brubakk, A O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bubble detection; Decompression; Intravascular gas bubbles; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SWINE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031305216     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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