Reproducibility of duplex ultrasonography and air plethysmography used for the evaluation of chronic venous insufficiency

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-482

  Asbeutah, Akram Mahmoud ^a   Riha, Andrea Zdena ^b   Cameron, James Donald ^a   McGrath, Barry Patrick ^a,c  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Wesley Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air plethysmography; Chronic venous insufficiency; Duplex ultrasound; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AIR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VOLUME FRACTION;

AIR PLETHYSMOGRAPHY (APG); CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; REPRODUCIBILITY; VEIN DIAMETER; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 16344378821     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.4.475     Document Type: Article

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