Inter observer variability of the transcranial doppler ultrasound technique: Impact of lack of practice on the accuracy of measurement

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Shen, Quaomei ^a   Stuart, Janine ^a   Venkatesh, Balasubramanian ^a   Wallace, Jenny ^a   Lipman, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agreement; Doppler; Intra class correlation coefficient; Observer; Training; Transcranial; Ultrasound; Variability

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; OBSERVER; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; VARIABILITY;

ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING; BRAIN CIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0032812760     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009925811965     Document Type: Article

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