Validation of ultrasound measurement of the subacromial space using a novel shoulder phantom model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1729-1733

  McCreesh, Karen ^a   Adusumilli, Pratik ^b   Evans, Tony ^b   Riley, Sara ^b   Davies, Andrew ^b   Lewis, Jeremy ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acromiohumeral distance; Shoulder; Ultrasound phantom

Indexed keywords

SHOULDERS (ROAD); ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ACROMIOHUMERAL DISTANCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ROTATOR CUFF; TECHNICAL STUDY; TRAINING TOOLS; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND PHANTOM;

PHANTOMS;

ACROMIOHUMERAL DISTANCE; ACROMION; ARTICLE; CALIPER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING PHANTOM; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER ULTRASOUND PHANTOM; SUBACROMIAL SPACE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACROMION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HUMERUS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER JOINT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84901983291     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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