Settings and artefacts relevant in colour/power Doppler ultrasound in rheumatology

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-149

  Torp Pedersen, Søren ^a   Terslev, L ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FILTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NOISE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SOFT TISSUE;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 38749135888     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.078451     Document Type: Article

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