Adrenal lesions: Variability in attenuation over time, between scanners, and between observers

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 817-826

  Hammarstedt, Lilian ^a,b   Thilander Klang, Anne ^a,b   Muth, Andreas ^a,b   WäNgberg, Bo ^a,b   Odén, Anders ^c   Hellström, Mikael ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland neoplasm; Adrenal incidentaloma; Computed tomography; Observer variation; Phantoms

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHANTOMS; SCANNING;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; ENHANCED ATTENUATION; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; OBSERVER VARIATIONS; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; SPECIFIC ATTENUATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASM; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASM; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84886619705     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113482688     Document Type: Article

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