Analysis of microcirculation measurements by novice users trained by a standardized interactive tutorial: An inter-observer variability study

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 123-128

  Cerny, Vladimir ^a,b,c   Abdo, Islam ^a   George, Ronald B ^b   Maddison, Liivi ^d   Sharawi, Nivin ^e   Lehmann, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

analysis; education; Microcirculation; tutorial

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPPA STATISTICS; MICROCIRCULATION; SIMULATION TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER; AUTOMATION; CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EUROPE; MOUTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION;

AUTOMATION; CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOUTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; SOFTWARE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84961833532     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: 18758622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-151958     Document Type: Article

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