Inter-Rater, Intra-Rater, and Inter-Machine Reliability of Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements of the Patellar Tendon

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 791-796

  Gellhorn, Alfred C ^a   Carlson, M Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter machine; Inter rater; Intra rater; Patellar tendon; Quantitative ultrasound; Reliability

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY; ULTRASONICS;

INTER-MACHINE; INTER-RATER; INTRA-RATER; PATELLAR TENDON; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS;

TENDONS;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMACHINE RELIABILITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TENDON LENGTH; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84875805616     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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