Occult Lumbosacral Dysraphism in Children and Young Adults: Diagnostic Performance of Fast Screening and Conventional MR Imaging1
L. Santiago Medina, MD, MPH,
May Al-Orfali, MD,
David Zurakowski, PhD,
Tina Young Poussaint, MD,
James DiCanzio, MS and
Patrick D. Barnes, MD
1 From the Department of Radiology, Health Services and Policy Section, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45236 (L.S.M.), and the Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass (M.A.O., D.Z., T.Y.P., J.D., P.D.B.). Received January 27, 1998; revision requested April 7; revision received September 11; accepted November 9. Address reprint requests to L.S.M.

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Figure 1. ROC curve for detection by reader 1 of occult dysraphism on conventional and fast screening MR images.
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Figure 2. ROC curve for detection by reader 2 of occult dysraphism on conventional and fast screening MR images.
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