We believe that our readers are interested in investigations describing physicians'
performance of specific techniques under reasonably realistic conditions. The simulation of …

Purpose The goal of this study was to estimate the frequency and the quality of agreement
studies published in diagnostic imaging journals. Materials and methods All studies …

Beam et al.[5]). Based on these data, we may look for ways to change certain attributes of
the imaging device to reduce these differences, just as Bogaert et al.[4] did in their MR …

PURPOSE: To calculate disagreement rates by radiologist and modality to develop a
benchmark for use in the quality assessment of imaging interpretation. METHODS: Data …

The demand for evidence-based healthcare is increasing nationally and internationally and
it is equally necessary in both diagnostic and therapeutic practice. Evidence may be …

Each month the American Journal of Roentgenology will republish online one of the 100
most-cited articles from its first century. A corresponding commentary in the print journal by a …

We, as radiologists, have acquired much influence over the way medicine is practiced
because of the dramatic technological progress in diagnostic imaging. Many more radiologic …

The performance of the human eye and brain has failed to keep pace with the enormous
technical progress in the first full century of radiology. Errors and variations in interpretation …

Agreement between observers (ie, inter-rater agreement) can be quantified with various
criteria but their appropriate selections are critical. When the measure is qualitative (nominal …

Editor: I recently reported (1) on a dozen biases that are common in radiology studies and
discussed strategies to avoid them. They included imperfect gold standard bias …