How reproducibly can human ear ossicles be measured? A Study of inter-observer error

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2094-2106

  Flohr, Stefan ^a   Leckelt, Jasmin ^a   Kierdorf, Uwe ^a   Kierdorf, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coefficient of reliability; Incus; Malleus; Osteoarchaeology; Osteometry; Technical error of measurement

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; INCUS; MALLEUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INCUS; MALLEUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649715548     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21271     Document Type: Article

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