The "Volumetric" Pulsatility index as evaluated by spatiotemporal imaging correlation (STIC): A preliminary description of a novel technique, its application to the endometrium and an evaluation of its reproducibility

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2160-2168

  Martins, Wellington P ^a,b,c   Welsh, Alec W ^d   Lima, Jailson C ^a,b   Nastri, Carolina O ^a,b   Raine Fenning, Nicholas J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Escola de Ultra sonografia e Reciclagem Medica de Ribeirao Preto EURP   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia INCT de Hormonios e Saude da Mulher   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler; Three dimensional imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DOPPLER; FLOW INDICES; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTRA-CLASS COEFFICIENT; MACHINE SETTINGS; MAX-MIN; MEAN VALUES; NEW INDICES; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POWER DOPPLER; PULSATILITY INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZATION FLOW INDICES;

DATA PROCESSING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

RATING;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL IMAGING CORRELATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 82955235561     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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