Regional differences in diffusion tensor imaging measurements: Assessment of intrarater and interrater variability

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1124-1127

  Ozturk, A ^a   Sasson, A D ^a   Farrell, J A D ^a,b   Landman, B A ^b   Da Motta, A C B S ^a   Aralasmak, A ^c   Yousem, David M ^a,d  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46749084270     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0998     Document Type: Article

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