Transrectal Ultrasonography in Prostatic Cancer: Interexaminer Variability of Interpretation
| Autor: | Sylvie Cicorelli, François Dagues, Jean Pierre Daures, Navratil H, M. Lehmann, Pierre Costa, J F Louis, Nicolas Mottet |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male
Observer Variation medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Urology Biopsy Needle Prostate Prostatic Hyperplasia Prostatic Neoplasms Cancer medicine.disease Surgery Peripheral zone Biopsy medicine Humans Transrectal ultrasonography Prostate disease Radiology business Ultrasonography |
| Zdroj: | European Urology. 32:150-154 |
| ISSN: | 1873-7560 0302-2838 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000480849 |
| Popis: | Objective: To compare the variability of transrectal ultrasonographic (TRUS) interpretation for the decision of performing biopsies and the lesions to biopsy. Methods: We extracted at random from our videotape database 16 records of patients who had undergone biopsies, added 2 normal glands and duplicated 2 of these 18 records. Based on the records, 5 well-trained physicians had to describe the images on the tape, and to decide whether or not to biopsy the prostate. A K test was computed between each couple of readers, and for the whole group. The K test denotes the agreement between examiners. A value of K |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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