Thymic Measurements in Pathologically Proven Normal Thymus and Thymic Hyperplasia: Intraobserver and Interobserver Variabilities

Academic Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 733-742

  Araki, Tetsuro ^a   Sholl, Lynette M ^a   Gerbaudo, Victor H ^a   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a   Nishino, Mizuki ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability; Measurement; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCORDANCE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRAOBSERVER VARIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THICKNESS; THYMIC LOBE THICKNESS; THYMUS; THYMUS DIAMETER; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYMUS LOBE LENGTH; THYMUS MEASUREMENT; THYMUS SIZE; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899791196     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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