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Interobserver Agreement in the Interpretation of Outpatient Head CT Scans in an Academic Neuroradiology Practice

G. Guérin, S. Jamali, C.A. Soto, F. Guilbert and J. Raymond
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2015, 36 (1) 24-29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4058
G. Guérin
aFrom the Department of Radiology (G.G., C.A.S., F.G., J.R.), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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S. Jamali
bLaboratory of Interventional Neuroradiology (S.J., J.R.), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Notre-Dame Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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C.A. Soto
aFrom the Department of Radiology (G.G., C.A.S., F.G., J.R.), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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F. Guilbert
aFrom the Department of Radiology (G.G., C.A.S., F.G., J.R.), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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J. Raymond
aFrom the Department of Radiology (G.G., C.A.S., F.G., J.R.), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
bLaboratory of Interventional Neuroradiology (S.J., J.R.), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Notre-Dame Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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