Effect of different observers over lung scintigraphic interpretation;Influencia de diferentes observadores sobre la interpretación de la gammagrafía de perfusión pulmonar

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-98

  Infante, J R ^a   Torres Avisbal, M ^a,b   Gonzalez F M ^a   Vallejo, J A ^a   Pacheco, C ^a   Valverde, A ^a   Arias, C ^a   Latre, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Medicina Nuclear   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agreement; Interpretation; Kappa index; Lung scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; LUNG; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; SCINTISCANNING;

HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LUNG; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 0036548312     PISSN: 02126982     EISSN: 1578200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0212-6982(02)72042-9     Document Type: Article

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