Doppler ultrasound assessment of posterior tibial artery size in humans

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Sabatier, Manning J ^a,b   Stoner, Lee ^a   Reifenberger, Matt ^a,c   McCully, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial remodeling; Blood vessels; Body position; Cuff occlusion; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TIBIAL ARTERY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33745020046     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20229     Document Type: Article

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