Accuracy of visual scoring and semi-quantification of ultrasound strain elastography--a phantom study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of strain elastography in an elasticity phantom and to assess which factors influenced visual scoring, strain histograms and strain ratios. Furthermore this study aimed to evaluate the effect of observer experience on visual scorings.Two operator...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Frederik Carlsen, Caroline Ewertsen, Adrian Săftoiu, Lars Lönn, Michael Bachmann Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3922970?pdf=render