Semiautomated Software to Improve Stability and Reduce Operator-Induced Variation in Vascular Ultrasound Speckle Tracking.
Nirmala RajaramBrian J ThelenJames D HamiltonYihao ZhengTimothy MorganMiguel Angel Funes-LoraLenar YessayanAlbert J ShihPeter HenkeNicholas OsborneBrandie BishopVenkataramu N KrishnamurthyWilliam F WeitzelPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2022)
Minimizing user-induced variation by standardizing point selection will increase reproducibility and reliability of distensibility measurements. Our recent semiautomated software may help expand use in clinical studies to better understand the role of vascular wall compliance in predicting the maturation of fistulas.