Evaluating hippocampal internal architecture on MRI: Inter-rater reliability of a proposed scoring system

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 146-154

  Ver Hoef, Lawrence W ^a,b   Paige, A LeBron ^c   Riley, Kristen O ^d   Cure, Joel ^e   Soltani, Mehdi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Williams, Frank B ^f   Kennedy, Richard E ^f   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a   Knowlton, Robert C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammon's horn; Hippocampus; Inter rater reliability; Internal architecture; MRI; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE SCORING SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROSURGEON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMMON'S HORN; HIA; HIPPOCAMPAL INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HS; INTER-RATER RELIABILITY; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; IRR; MRI; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARTIFACTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883301860     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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