Use of a curved-array transducer to reduce interobserver variation in sonographic measurement of thyroid volume in healthy adults

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Peeters, Els Y ^a   Shabana, Wael M ^a   Verbeek, Peter A ^a   Osteaux, Michel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Interobserver variation; Thyroid gland; Transducer; Ultrasonography; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVED ARRAY TRANSDUCER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; THYROID GLAND; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037404504     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10159     Document Type: Article

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