Comparison between automated and manual measurements of carotid intima-media thickness in clinical practice

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 811-817

  Freire, Cláudia Maria Vilas ^a,b   Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz Pinho ^a   Barbosa, Felipe Batista Lima ^a   Nogueira, Anelise Impelisiere ^a   De Almeida, Maria Cristina Costa ^a,b   Barbosa, Márcia Melo ^b   Lana, Ângela Maria Quintão ^a   Silva, Ana Cristina Simões ^a   Ribeiro Oliveira Jr , Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Geral Socor   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Automated method; Bland altman plot; Carotid segments; Intima media thickness; Manual measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 73349084627     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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