Inter-rater reliability of carotid atherosclerotic plaque quantification by 3-dimensional sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1273-1278

  Bar, Michal ^a   Roubec, Martin ^a   Farana, Radim ^b   Licev, Lacezar ^b   Tomášková, Hana ^a   Školoudík, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Atherosclerotic plaque; Inter rater reliability; Vascular ultrasound; Volume

Indexed keywords

NEONATAL MONITORING; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; INTER-RATER RELIABILITIES; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND; VOLUME;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 84903847315     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.7.1273     Document Type: Article

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