Visual Assessment of Segmental Muscle Ultrasound Images in Spina Bifida Aperta

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1339-1344

  Brandsma, Rick ^a   Verbeek, Renate J ^a   Maurits, Natasha M ^a   Hamminga, Janneke T ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a   van der Hoeven, Johannes H ^a   Burger, Huibert ^a   Sival, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Density; Muscle; Myelomeningocele; Myotomes; Neuromuscular damage; Second hit; Spina bifida; Ultrasound; Visual assessment

Indexed keywords

CHILD; MYELOMENINGOCELE; MYOTOMES; NEUROMUSCULAR DAMAGE; SECOND HIT; SPINA BIFIDA; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; RATING; ULTRASONICS;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ULTRASOUND DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINA BIFIDA APERTA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA;

EID: 84863099644     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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