Intraobserver and interobserver variability in schemes for estimating volume of brain lesions on MR images in multiple sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-244

  Filippi, Massimo ^a,d   Horsfield, Mark A ^b   Rovaris, Marco ^a   Yousry, Tarek ^c   Rocca, Mara A ^a   Baratti, Corrado ^a   Bressi, Sergio ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032471349     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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