Reproducibility of various sonographic Doppler velocity parameters of the carotid arteries;Variabilite de l'evaluation velocimetrique ultrasonore carotidienne

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-449

  Henry Feugeas, M C ^a   Alkilic Genauzeau, I ^a   Ayme N ^a   Schouman Claeys, E ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Doppler; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034169397     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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