Dedicated calibration formulas permit correction of differences between measurements by different IVUS devices as demonstrated in atherosclerotic human coronary arteries in vitro

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 605-613

  Hartmann, Marc ^a   Von Birgelen, Clemens ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Deppermann, Nadine ^d   Dirsch, Olaf ^c   Stoel, Martin G ^a   Van Houwelingen, Gert K ^a   Louwerenburg, Hans W ^a   Verhorst, Patrick M J ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^d  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; In vitro; Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33750549180     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9092-9     Document Type: Article

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