Interobserver Agreement in Diagnosing Liver Involvement in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia by Doppler Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 718-725

  Buscarini, Elisabetta ^a   Gebel, Michael ^b   Ocran, Kenneth ^c   Manfredi, Guido ^a   Del Vecchio Blanco, Giovanna ^a,d   Stefanov, Rumen ^e,f   Olivieri, Carla ^g   Danesino, Cesare ^g   Zambelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^f MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Interobserver agreement; Liver; Vascular malformations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

LIVER;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; OBSERVER VARIATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 42949164391     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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