Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1323-1329 , September 2006

Evaluating the use of a portable ultrasound machine to quantify intima-media thickness and flow-mediated dilation: Agreement between measurements from two ultrasound machines

  • Costan G. Magnussen

      Affiliations

    • Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Costan Magnussen, Menzies Research Institute, Private Bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
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  • Jayne Fryer

      Affiliations

    • Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia
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  • Alison Venn

      Affiliations

    • Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia
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  • Mia Laakkonen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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  • Olli T. Raitakari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Received 1 March 2005 ,Revised 2 May 2006 ,Accepted 11 May 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(06)01622-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.05.009

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1323-1329 , September 2006

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