Standardized image evaluation in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: consistency and reproducibility.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Assess the agreement for two investigators between computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for seven imaging features included in the iNPH Radscale, a radiological screening tool.

Methods

The study included 35 patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) who were treated surgically from 2011 to 2015 at Uppsala University Hospital with preoperative CT and MRI performed with maximum 3 months between scans. Seven features were assessed: Evans' index, temporal horn size, callosal angle, periventricular white matter changes, narrow high convexity sulci, focally enlarged sulci, and enlarged Sylvian fissures. All scans were assessed by two investigators who were blinded to each other's results and to clinical data.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Kockum K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848037 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature