Measurement error in computed tomography pelvimetry

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-107

  Anderson, Nigel ^a   Humphries, N ^b   Wells, J E ^c  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Surgery   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Observer variation; Pelvimetry; Reproducibility of results; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY PELVIMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERROR; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18444376130     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01417.x     Document Type: Article

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