Colour Doppler ultrasound of the lumbar arteries: A novel application and reproducibility study in healthy subjects

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-182

  Espahbodi, Shima ^a   Humphries, Keith N ^a   Doré, Caroline J ^b   McCarthy, Ian D ^c   Standfield, Nigel J ^a   Cosgrove, David O ^a   Hughes, Sean P F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler velocimetry; Duplex ultrasonography; Low back pain; Lumbar arteries; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; HEALTH CARE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR ARTERIES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR ARTERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 32044474449     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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