Observer variability in assessing lumbar spinal stenosis severity on magnetic resonance imaging and its relation to cross-sectional spinal canal area

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1082-1086

  Speciale, Alex C ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Urban, Chris W ^a   Richardson, William J ^a   Helms, Clyde A ^a   Major, Nancy ^a   Enterline, David ^a   Hey, Lloyd ^a   Haglund, Michael ^a   Turner, Dennis A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interobserver reliability; Lumbar stenosis; MRI scans; Radiologic interpretation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0037092866     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200205150-00014     Document Type: Article

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