Coronary artery disease reporting and data system (CAD-RADSTM): Inter-observer agreement for assessment categories and modifiers

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 125-130

  Maroules, Christopher D ^a,b   Hamilton Craig, Christian ^c   Branch, Kelley ^d   Lee, James ^e   Cury, Roberto C ^f   Maurovich Horvat, Pál ^g   Rubinshtein, Ronen ^h   Thomas, Dustin ⁱ   Williams, Michelle ^j   Guo, Yanshu ^d   Cury, Ricardo C ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL SAMARITANO   (Brazil)

^g SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^h TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

ⁱ BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

CAD RADS; Coronary CT angiography; Inter observer agreement; Standardized reporting; Structured reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIKERT SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STENT; SURGERY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 85036634388     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2017.11.014     Document Type: Article

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