Diffusion tensor imaging of the median nerve: Intra-, inter-reader agreement, and agreement between two software packages

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 971-980

  Guggenberger, Roman ^a   Nanz, Daniel ^a   Puippe, Gilbert ^a   Rufibach, Kaspar ^b   White, Lawrence M ^c   Sussman, Marshall S ^d   Andreisek, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve; Neuropathy; Software

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 84863990156     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1310-4     Document Type: Article

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