Introduction: Numerous clinically relevant conditions (e.g., degeneration, inflammation, vascular pathology, tramatic injury, cancer, etc.) correlate with volumetric/morphometric changes as observed on MRI. Study of these changes necessitates the ability to label (delineate) voxel-wise classifications for structures of interest. The established gold standard for identifying class memberships is...

INTRODUCTION Quality assessment of included studies is an important component of systematic reviews. OBJECTIVE The authors investigated inter-rater and test-retest reliability for quality assessments conducted by inexperienced student raters. DESIGN Student raters received a training session on quality assessment using the Jadad Scale for randomised controlled trials and the Newcastle-Ottaw...

Paul Warren, Irina Elgort, David Crabbe Victoria University of Wellington In the context of a project developing software for pronunciation practice and feedback for Mandarin-speaking learners of English, a key issue is how to decide which features of pronunciation to focus on in giving feedback. We used naïve and experienced native speaker ratings of comprehensibility and nativeness to establi...

BACKGROUND We wanted to test the reliability of a commonly used classification of distal radius fractures in children. METHODS 105 consecutive fractures of the distal radius in children were rated on two occasions three months apart by 3 groups of doctors; 4 junior registrars, 4 senior registrars and 4 orthopedic consultants. The fractures were classified as buckle, greenstick, complete or ph...

BACKGROUND Scoring systems have been widely used to evaluate the severity and activity of oral lichen planus (OLP). The aim of the present study was to compare two existing (one modified) scoring systems in the evaluation of OLP severity and correlation with pain. Three differently experienced raters were involved. MATERIALS AND METHODS Consecutive patients with OLP were assessed for pain usi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Accurate localization of the foot/leg motor homunculus is essential because iatrogenic damage can render a patient wheelchair- or bed-bound. We hypothesized the following: 1) Readers would identify the foot motor homunculus <100% of the time on routine MR imaging, 2) neuroradiologists would perform better than nonradiologists, and 3) those with fMRI experience would perfo...

BACKGROUND Several professional contact and collision sports have recently introduced the use of sideline video review for club medical staff to help identify and manage concussions. As such, reviewing video footage on the sideline has become increasingly relied upon to assist with improving the identification of possible injury. However, as yet, a standardized method for reviewing such video f...

Two studies investigated the mediating effects of liking and attributions of motives on the relationship between a ratee's reputation and helpful behaviors and raters' reward decisions. During managerial simulations, raters evaluated individuals after watching videotapes in which the individual's reputation and helpful behaviors were manipulated. Results indicated an interaction effect between ...

Objective To evaluate the inter-rater reliability of semiautomated segmentation of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) macular volume scans. Methods Macular OCT volume scans of left eyes from 17 subjects (8 patients with MS and 9 healthy controls) were automatically segmented by Heidelberg Eye Explorer (v1.9.3.0) beta-software (Spectralis Viewing Module v6.0.0.7), followed by m...