Interobserver variability in the interpretation of computed tomography following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1191-1196

  Ibrahim, George M ^a,b   Weidauer, Stefan ^c   Macdonald, R Loch ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Interobserver variability; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGEON;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DIOXANES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRIDINES; PYRIMIDINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SULFONAMIDES; TETRAZOLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 83055163481     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.JNS11725     Document Type: Article

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