Research Article
Ruling Out Brain CT Contraindications prior to Intravenous Thrombolysis: Diagnostic Equivalence between a Primary Interpretation Workstation and a Mobile Tablet Computer
Table 3
Comparison of diagnostic variables and reading time between the reading systems.
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ASPECTS = Alberta Stroke Early CT Scan score; HMCA = hyperdense middle cerebral artery; ASPECTS ≤ 6, presence of imaging contraindications to the tPA administration, and the presence of HMCA, the mean proportion was calculated from the detected cases on each variable over the number of readings. Statistics were obtained using generalized estimating equations (GEE) analysis; the reading time the statistic for ANOVA analysis was used. |