Observer variability based on the strength of MR scanners in the assessment of lumbar degenerative disc disease

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 202-208

  Cihangiroglu, Mutlu ^a   Yildirim, Hanifi ^a   Bozgeyik, Zulkif ^a   Senol, Utku ^b   Ozdemir, Huseyin ^a   Topsakal, Cahide ^a   Yilmaz, Saim ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Intervertebral disk; MR imaging; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

CAPPA COEFFICIENTS; DISC PATHOLOGIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNERS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

RADIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RELIABILITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADICULOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 3843137297     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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