Observer variability assessing US scans of the preterm brain: The ELGAN study

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1201-1208

  Kuban, Karl ^a   Adler, Ira ^b   Allred, Elizabeth N ^c   Batton, Daniel ^d   Bezinque, Steven ^e   Betz, Bradford W ^e   Cavenagh, Ellen ^f   Durfee, Sara ^g   Ecklund, Kirsten ^c   Feinstein, Kate ^h   Fordham, Lynn Ansley ⁱ   Hampf, Frederick ^j   Junewick, Joseph ^e   Lorenzo, Robert ^k   McCauley, Roy ^l   Miller, Cindy ^m   Seibert, Joanna ⁿ   Specter, Barbara ^o   Wellman, Jacqueline ^p   Westra, Sjirk ^q   Leviton, Alan ^c   more..

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Eastern Radiologists Inc   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Claire Dart Stroke Center Sparrow Hospital   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^o WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p Milford Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^q MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brain; Newborn; Premature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRICULOMEGALY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 36348975775     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0605-z     Document Type: Article

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