Observer variation in MRI evaluation of patients suspected of lumbar disk herniation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 299-303

  Van Rijn, Jeroen C ^a   Klemetsö, Nina ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Majoie, Charles B L M ^a   Hulsmans, Frans J ^a   Peul, Wilco C ^b   Stam, Jan ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^a   Den Heeten, Gerard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN;

EID: 11044230908     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.1.01840299     Document Type: Article

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