Assessing the intra- and inter-reader reliability of dynamic ultrasound images in power Doppler ultrasonograpny

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1658-1660

  Koski, J M ^a   Saarakkala, S ^a   Helle, M ^a   Hakulinen, U ^a   Heikkinen, J O ^a   Hermunen, H ^a   Balint, P ^b   Bruyn, G A ^c   Filippucci, E ^d   Grassi, W ^d   Iagnocco, A ^e   Luosujarvi R ^f   Manger, B ^g   De Miguel, E ^h   Naredo, E ⁱ   Scheel, A K ^j   Schmidt, W A ^k   Soini, I ^l   Szkudlarek, M ^m   Terslev, L ⁿ   Uson, J ^o   Vuoristo, S ^l   Ziswiler, H R ^p   more..

^a MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^c MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^k Department of Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin Buch ^*  (Germany)

^l RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁿ FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^o HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; VIDEORECORDING; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33751279495     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.051250     Document Type: Article

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