Protocol and quality assurance for carotid imaging in 100,000 participants of UK Biobank: development and assessment

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 1799-1806

  Coffey, Sean ^a,b   Lewandowski, Adam J ^a   Garratt, Steve ^c   Meijer, Rudy ^d   Lynum, Steven ^e   Bedi, Ram ^f   Paterson, James ^g   Yaqub, Mohammad ^a   Noble, J Alison ^a   Neubauer, Stefan ^a   Petersen, Steffen E ^h   Allen, Naomi ^a,c   Sudlow, Cathie ^c,i   Collins, Rory ^a,c   Matthews, Paul M ^j   Leeson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UK BIOBANK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e Panasonic Healthcare Corporation of North America   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g Intelligent Ultrasound Limited   (United Kingdom)

^h QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Carotid; carotid IMT; carotid intima media thickness; quality assurance; UK Biobank; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; CARDIAC IMAGING; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85033372896     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487317732273     Document Type: Article

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