Visual screening of muscle ultrasound images in children

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2345-2351

  Brandsma, Rick ^a   Verbeek, Renate J ^a   Maurits, Natasha M ^a   van der Hoeven, Johannes H ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a   den Dunnen, Wilfred F A ^a   Burger, Huibert ^a   Sival, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneity; Muscle; Muscle echo density; Neuromuscular pathology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

HEALTHY CONTROLS; INHOMOGENEITIES; MUSCLE ULTRASOUNDS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; RELIABLE RESULTS; UBIQUITOUS APPLICATION; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS; VISUAL SCREENING;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ULTRASOUND; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84926253318     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.03.027     Document Type: Article

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