Reproducibility and accuracy of optic nerve sheath diameter assessment using ultrasound compared to magnetic resonance imaging

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bäuerle, Jochen ^a   Schuchardt, Florian ^a   Schroeder, Laure ^a   Egger, Karl ^a   Weigel, Matthias ^a   Harloff, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

HASTE; MRI; Optic nerve sheath diameter; Transbulbar sonography; TSE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH DIAMETER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSBULBAR SONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

ADULT; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELIN SHEATH; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888331608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-187     Document Type: Article

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