Observer variation in the interpretation of bone scintigraphy

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-71

  Ore, Liora ^a,b   Hardoff, Ruth ^a,b   Gips, Sara ^a,b   Tamir, Ada ^a,b   Epstein, Leon ^a,b,c  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Interobserver variation; Intraobserver variation; K coefficient; Radionuclide studies; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029875018     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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