Intra-observer variability of longitudinal displacement and intramural shear strain measurements of the arterial wall using ultrasound noninvasively in vivo

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 697-704

  Cinthio, Magnus ^a   Ahlgren, Åsa Rydén ^b  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Vascular mechanics, Arterial wall movements, Vascular ultrasound, Repetitively

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL; ARTERIAL WALL MOVEMENTS; CARDIAC CYCLES; CAROTID ARTERY; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; HEALTHY HUMANS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; IN-VIVO; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENTS; LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENTS; MEASURED PARAMETERS; NON-INVASIVE ULTRASONIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC METHODS; VASCULAR MECHANICS; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MEASUREMENTS; MECHANICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR STRAIN;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 77952307567     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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