Ultrasound settings significantly alter arterial lumen and wall thickness measurements

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Potter, Kathleen ^a   Reed, Christopher J ^b   Green, Daniel J ^c,d   Hankey, Graeme J ^a,b   Arnolda, Leonard F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTIMA; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUNICA MEDIA;

CAROTID ARTERIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 40149097450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-6-6     Document Type: Article

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