Interobserver reliability in the interpretation of diagnostic lumbar MRI and nuclear imaging

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-184

  Mulconrey, Daniel S ^a   Knight, Reginald Q ^b   Bramble, James D ^c   Paknikar, Subhash ^d   Harty, Patrick A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Evergreen Surgery and Physicians Center   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interobserver variability; Lumbar spine; Modic changes; MRI; Nuclear imaging; SPECT scan

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33644623266     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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