Interobserver agreement in magnetic resonance brain and neck imaging

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-51

  Colledge, Nicki ^a   Sellar, Robin ^b   Wardlaw, Joanna ^c   Lewis, Susan ^c   Mead, Gillian ^c   Wilson, Janet ^d  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interobserver reliability; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOINT DEGENERATION; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUBLUXATION; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; WHITE MATTER; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 32544454972     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228405001479     Document Type: Article

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