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Head size agreement in terms of microcephaly, normocephaly or macrocephaly obtained by visual impression and cross-sectional imaging. a, b Graphs show head size measurements by CT (a) and MRI (b) and visual measurements and their concordance with the normative values in the World Health Organization charts. Tape measurement was considered the gold standard. Kappa values in dashed boxes
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Background:
Head circumference (HC) correlates with brain growth and development. However, radiologists typically use their visual impressions to evaluate head dimensions, which is a purely subjective assessment.
Objective:
The first objective of this paper was to analyze whether it is possible to obtain HC measurements by CT and MRI cross-secti...
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