CT of cystic renal masses: Analysis of diagnostic performance and interobserver variation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 813-818

  Siegel, Cary Lynn ^a   McFarland, Elizabeth G ^a   Brink, James A ^a   Fisher, Andrew J ^a   Humphrey, Peter ^b   Heiken, Jay P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CYST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030756966     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.3.9275902     Document Type: Article

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