Human factors as a source of error in peak Doppler velocity measurement

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 972.e1-972.e10

  Lui, Elaine Y L ^a   Steinman, Aaron H ^a   Cobbold, Richard S C ^a   Johnston, K Wayne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 27644474317     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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