Qualitative assessment of cerebral atrophy on MRI: Inter- and intra-observer reproducibility in dementia and normal aging

European Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-99

  Scheltens, Philip ^a   Pasquier, Florence ^b   Weerts, Jan G E ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Leys, Didier ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Cerebral atrophy; Dementia; Inter observer agreement; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031047735     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117417     Document Type: Article

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