"Number needed to read"-How to facilitate clinical trials in MR-angiography

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1034-1042

  Voth, M ^a   Attenberger, U I ^a   Luckscheiter, A ^a   Haneder, S ^a   Henzler, T ^a   Schoenberg, S O ^a   Schwenke, C ^b   Michaely, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Scossis Statistical Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparison study; MRA; Power analysis; Statistical significance; Vessel segments

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954451478     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1993-2     Document Type: Article

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