Impact of Patient-Reported Symptom Information on Lumbar Spin MRI Interpretation (IMAGE)

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Impact of Patient-Reported Symptom Information on Lumbar Spin MRI Interpretation

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Radiologists' agreement with reference diagnoses for presumptive pain generator type, level, and side on lumbar spine MRI was almost perfect when knowing symptoms (&kappa;=0.820.90), versus fair-moderate without symptom information (&kappa;=0.28-0.51) (p < .001). Interreading agreement was almost perfect with symptoms (&kappa;=0.82-0.90), versus moderate without symptoms (&kappa;=0.42-0.56) (p < .001).

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American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

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