Reproducibility of brachial artery ultrasound measurements

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-372

  Hata, Akihiro ^a   Reid, Cheryl L ^a   Ogata, Toru ^a   Tokushima, Takashi ^a   Gardin, Julius M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Diameter measurement; Endothelial function; Measurement reproducibility; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0033055375     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00826.x     Document Type: Article

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