A method to improve interrater reliability of visual inspection of brain MRI scans in dementia

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 2267-2276

  Victoroff, J ^a,b   Mack, W J ^a   Grafton, S T ^a   Schreiber, S S ^a   Chui, H C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0028051452     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.12.2267     Document Type: Article

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