Substantial observer variability in the differentiation between primary intracerebral hemorrhage and hemorrhagic transformation of infarction on ct brain imaging

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3763-3767

  Rothwell, Peter M ^a   Lovelock, Caroline E ^b   Anslow, Philip ^b   Molyneux, Andrew J ^b   Byrne, James V ^b   Kuker, Wilhelm ^b   Pretorius, Pieter M ^b   Coull, Andrew ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Interobserver reliability; Intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; STROKE; SURVIVOR;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449128659     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.553933     Document Type: Article

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