Hyperechogenicity of medial gastrocnemial veins during ultrasound scanning of the calf in sitting patients: A normal variant

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1843-1848

  Coulier, B ^a  

^a Clinique St Luc Bouge   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood; Calf veins; Colour Doppler; Ultrasound studies; Veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SITTING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BODY POSTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036637231     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1240-y     Document Type: Article

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