Assessment of inter- and intraobserver agreement between intravascular US and aortic angiography of thoracic aortic injury

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 434-439

  Lee, David E ^a   Arslan, Bulent ^a   Queiroz, Rodolfo ^a   Waldman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta, injuries; Aorta, US; Aortography; Ultrasound (US), intravascular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037407938     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2272001767     Document Type: Article

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