ACCURATE SCREENING FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM

被引:18
作者
GRIMSHAW, GM [1 ]
DOCKER, MF [1 ]
机构
[1] BIRMINGHAM MATERN HOSP, QUEEN ELIZABETH MED CTR, DEPT MED PHYS, BIRMINGHAM B15 2TG, W MIDLANDS, ENGLAND
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CLINICAL PHYSICS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT | 1992年 / 13卷 / 02期
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10.1088/0143-0815/13/2/005
中图分类号
Q6 [生物物理学];
学科分类号
071011 ;
摘要
In Birmingham a screening programme has been set up to detect abdominal aortic aneurysm in the male population between the ages of 65 and 75 years. The men to be screened are invited to their own general practitioners surgery and offered an abdominal ultrasound. The accuracy with which abnormalities can be detected is of crucial importance to a screening programme. Repeatability has been assessed for the single operator involved and is found to be +/- 1. 3 mm. The accuracy of a single scan has been calculated by comparison with the measured diameter from a CT scan of the patient, taken subsequently. This comparison indicates that 95% of the differences between the two measurements can be expected to be less than 3.5 mm.
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