Reliability and validity of splenic volume measurement by 3-D ultrasound

Hepatology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 979-988

  Hidaka, Hisashi ^a   Nakazawa, Takahide ^a   Wang, Guoqin ^b   Kokubu, Shigehiro ^c   Minamino, Tsutomu ^a   Takada, Juichi ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^a   Okuwaki, Yusuke ^a   Watanabe, Masaaki ^a   Shibuya, Akitaka ^a   Koizumi, Wasaburo ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D ultrasound measurement; Reliability; Splenic volume; Splenomegaly; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 77957244647     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2010.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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