Validation of diameter measurements by ultrasound: Intraobserver and interobserver variations assessed in vitro and in fetal sheep

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-57

  Kiserud, T ^a   Saito, T ^a   Ozaki, T ^a   Rasmussen, S ^b   Hanson, M A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Fetus; Measurement; Sheep; Ultrasound; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; SILASTIC TUBE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032977808     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13010052.x     Document Type: Article

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