Reproducibility validation study comparing analog and digital imaging technologies for the measurement of intima-media thickness

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1104-1110

  Baldassarre, Damiano ^a   Tremoli, Elena ^a   Amato, Mauro ^a   Veglia, Fabrizio ^a,b   Bondioli, Alighiero ^a   Sirtori, Cesare R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Intima media thickness; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALOG COMPUTER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034015171     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.5.1104     Document Type: Article

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