High reproducibility of patellar tendon vascularity assessed by colour Doppler ultrasonography: A reliable measurement tool for quantifying tendon pathology

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 700-703

  Cook, Jill L ^a   Ptazsnik, R ^b   Kiss, Z S ^c   Malliaras, P ^a   Morris, M E ^a   De Luca, J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Medical Imaging Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FILM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PATELLA TENDON; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TENDON DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 21744462345     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.016410     Document Type: Article

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