title: A blinded clinical comparison of MR imaging and CT in neuroradiology.
abstract: The sensitivity and specificity of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography (CT) were compared in blinded readings of images of a consecutive series of patients with subsequently proved diagnoses. Overall, MR imaging was less sensitive than CT because of its lower sensitivity in detecting benign tumors. With a similar experimental protocol, the effects of technical refinements or contrast media on the sensitivity of MR imaging can be determined.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009485:Neuroradiography / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed