Velocity Variability in Ultrasonic Doppler Examinations

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 949-954

  Hadlock, Jean ^a   Beach, Kirk W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid; Doppler; Variability

Indexed keywords

CAROTID; CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS; DOPPLER; DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; END-DIASTOLIC VELOCITIES; HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITIES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; SONOGRAPHERS; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER; VARIABILITY; WAVE FORMS;

INSTRUMENT SCALES; ULTRASONICS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

VELOCITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 67349223230     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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