Minimal training is required to reliably perform quantitative ultrasound of muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-128

  Zaidman, Craig M ^a   Wu, Jim S ^b   Wilder, Sarah ^b   Darras, Basil T ^c   Rutkove, Seward B ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Muscle; Myopathy; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIENTIST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ULTRASOUND;

CHILDREN; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUSCLE; MYOPATHY; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ARM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84902509287     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24117     Document Type: Article

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