Tissue harmonic imaging in comparison to conventional sonography: Influence on image quality and observervariability in the intima-media measurements of the common carotid artery;Tissue harmonic imaging im vergleich zum konventionellen ultraschall: Einfluss auf bildqualitat und untersuchervariabilitat bei der messung der intima-media-dicke in der arteria carotis communis

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 641-645

  Willinek, W A ^a   Von Falkenhausen, M ^a   Strunk, H ^a   Schild, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid Artery; Tissue Harmonic Imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTIMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033860267     PISSN: 09366652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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