Comparison between conventional and automated software-guided ultrasound assessment of bilateral common carotids intima-media thickness in patients with rheumatic diseases

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 881-884

  Di Geso, Luce ^a   Zardi, Enrico M ^b   Afeltra, Antonella ^b   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Carotti, Marina ^a   Gutierrez, Marwin ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated measurement; Intima media thickness; Rheumatic diseases; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863727725     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1915-y     Document Type: Article

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