Inter-observer variation. An alternative method of assessing the role of ultrasonic imaging in clinical decision-making in lower limb arterial disease

International Angiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 220-224

  Aly, S ^a   Shoab, S ^a   Bishop, Ch ^a  

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

Author keywords

Leg blood supply; Peripheral vascular diseases; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0033451499     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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