Comparison of grey scale median (GSM) measurement in ultrasound images of human carotid plaques using two different softwares

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 431-435

  Östling, Gerd ^a   Persson, Margaretha ^a   Hedblad, Bo ^a   Gonçalves, Isabel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adobe Photoshop ; Artery Measurement System; Echogenicity; Plaque composition; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GREY SCALE MEDIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP®; ARTERY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; ECHOGENICITY; PLAQUE COMPOSITION; STANDARDIZATION;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84884979988     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cpf.12049     Document Type: Article

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