Impact of clinical environment on embolus detection: A comparison of automated and manual detection of doppler embolic signals

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 169-174

  Chung, Emma M L ^a   Fan, Lingke ^a   Naylor, A Ross ^b   Evans, David H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated embolus detection; Cerebral emboli; Observer variation; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33846937048     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097055     Document Type: Article

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