Inter- and intraobserver variability in the assessment of brain arteriovenous malformation angioarchitecture and endovascular treatment results

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 524-527

  Iancu Gontard, D ^a   Weill, A ^a   Guilbert, F ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Raymond, J ^a   Roy, Daniel ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPETZLER MARTIN GRADING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947576631     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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