Variance components analysis of carotid and femoral intima-media thickness measurements

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 825-832

  De Groot, Eric ^a,b   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^c   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^a,d   Ackerstaff, Rob G A ^e   Montauban Van Swijndregt, Alexander D ^e   Bom, Nicolaas ^a,d   Lie, Kong I ^e   Bruschke, Albert V G ^f  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial walls; Atherosclerosis; B mode ultrasound imaging; Intima media thickness; Measurement variability; Peripheral arteries

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS (IMT) MEASUREMENT; SONOGRAPHY; VARIANCE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0032126902     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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