Improving Interrater Agreement About Brain Microbleeds : Development of the Brain Observer MicroBleed Scale (BOMBS)

If the diagnostic and prognostic significance of brain microbleeds (BMBs) are to be investigated and used for these purposes in clinical practice, observer variation in BMB assessment must be minimized. Two doctors used a pilot rating scale to describe the number and distribution of BMBs (round, low...

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Published in:Stroke (1970) 2009, Vol.40 (1), p.94-99
Main Authors: CORDONNIER, Charlotte, POTTER, Gillian M, JACKSON, Caroline A, DOUBAL, Fergus, KEIR, Sarah, SUDLOW, Cathie L. M, WARDLAW, Joanna M, AL-SHAHI SALMAN, Rustam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Arterioles - pathology
Arterioles - physiopathology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - blood supply
Brain - pathology
Brain - physiopathology
Brain Ischemia - complications
Cerebral Arteries - pathology
Cerebral Arteries - physiopathology
Cerebral Cortex - blood supply
Cerebral Cortex - pathology
Cerebral Cortex - physiopathology
Cohort Studies
Diagnostic Errors - prevention & control
Female
Humans
Intracranial Hemorrhages - pathology
Intracranial Hemorrhages - physiopathology
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Ischemic Attack, Transient - complications
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - standards
Male
Medical sciences
Microcirculation - physiology
Middle Aged
Nervous system
Neurology
Observer Variation
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke - complications
Ultrasonic investigative techniques
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:If the diagnostic and prognostic significance of brain microbleeds (BMBs) are to be investigated and used for these purposes in clinical practice, observer variation in BMB assessment must be minimized. Two doctors used a pilot rating scale to describe the number and distribution of BMBs (round, low-signal lesions,
ISSN:0039-2499
1524-4628
DOI:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.526996