The difference between ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) measurements of aortic diameter increases with aortic diameter: Analysis of axial images of abdominal aortic and common iliac artery diameter in normal and aneurysmal aortas. The Tromsø study, 1994-1995

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-167

  Singh, Kulbir ^a   Jacobsen, B K ^a   Solberg, S ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Arnesen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aortic diameter; Computed tomography (CT); Ultrasound; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242750668     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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