Analysis of interobserver disagreement in the assessment of subarachnoid blood and acute hydrocephalus on CT scans

Neurological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 487-494

  Svensson, Elisabeth ^a,b   Starmark, Jan Erik ^b   Ekholm, Sven ^b   Von Essen, Claes ^b   Johansson, Anders ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CT scan; hydrocephalus; interobserver disagreement; ordered categorical grading; subarachnoid blood; subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030463142     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740459     Document Type: Article

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