Reliability and validity of ratings of signal hyperintensities on MRI by visual inspection and computerised measurement

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 103-115

  Sachdev, Perminder ^a,b   Cathcart, Stuart ^a,b   Shnier, Ron ^c   Wen, Wei ^a,b   Brodaty, Henry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; MRI; Rating scales; Schizophrenia; Signal hyperintensities; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033437189     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(99)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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