Detection of simulated multiple sclerosis lesions on T2-weighted and FLAIR images of the brain: Observer performance

Radiology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 206-212

  Woo, John H ^a   Henry, Lana P ^a   Krejza, Jaroslaw ^a,b   Melhem, Elias R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY CONTRAST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33748926242     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2411050792     Document Type: Article

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