A novel thyroid phantom for ultrasound volumetry: Determination of intraobserver and interobserver variability

Thyroid

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-46

  Andermann, P ^a   Luster, M ^a   Reiners, Chr ^a   Lassmann, M ^a   Schlögl, Susanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID GLAND; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 33644772459     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.16.41     Document Type: Article

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