Patterns of Misinterpretation of Adnexal Masses on CT and MR in an Academic Radiology Department

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 969-980

  Asch, Elizabeth ^a   Levine, Deborah ^a   Pedrosa, Ivan ^a   Hecht, Jonathan L ^a   Kruskal, Jonathan ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adnexal mass; CT; MR; ovarian malignancy; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADXENA MASS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649525658     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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