Observer variation of magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion weighted imaging in pelvic lymph node detection

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-74

  Klerkx, Wenche M ^a   Mali, Willem M ^a   Peter Heintz, A ^a   De Kort, Gerard A ^a   Takahara, Taro ^a   Peeters, Petra H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; DWI; Gynaecological malignancy; Metastasis; MRI; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79954836152     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.027     Document Type: Article

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