Reproducibility of intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis: Implications for the design of longitudinal studies

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 621-631

  Rodriguez Granillo, Gastón A ^a   Vaina, Sophia ^a   García García, Héctor M ^a   Valgimigli, Marco ^a   Duckers, Eric ^a   Van Geuns, Robert J ^a   Regar, Evelyn ^a   Van Der Giessen, William J ^a   Bressers, Marco ^b   Goedhart, Dick ^b   Morel, Marie Angele ^b   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agreement; Atherosclerosis; Plaque characterization; Reproducibility; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33845643734     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9080-0     Document Type: Article

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