What is the optimal number of readers needed to achieve high diagnostic accuracy in coronary computed tomographic angiography? A comparison of alternate reader combinations

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 384-390

  LaBounty, Troy M ^a   Leipsic, Jonathon ^b   Srichai, Monvadi B ^c   Mancini, G B John ^b   Lin, Fay Y ^a   Dunning, Allison M ^a   Min, James K ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; CT angiography; Diagnostic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE LABORATORY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; READING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650985390     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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