A possible quality control protocol for Doppler ultrasound for organizational time optimization

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-381

  Di Nallo, Anna Maria ^a   Strigari, L ^a   Benassi, M ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; Ultrasound quality assurance; Ultrasound quality control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33751099308     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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