Ultrasound techniques to measure the optic nerve sheath: Is a specialized probe necessary?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Shah, Sachita ^a   Kimberly, Heidi ^a   Marill, Keith ^a   Noble, Vicki E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial pressure (ICP); Optic nerve sheath; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NERVE SHEATH; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSICIAN; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 66649092037     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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