Blinding images to sequence in osteoarthritis: evidence from other diseases

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-283

  Felson, D T ^a,b   Nevitt, M C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; X ray

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER BIAS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

CHRONOLOGY AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 60249096534     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.09.008     Document Type: Editorial

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