Diagnostic Performance of the Darth Vader Sign for the Diagnosis of Lumbar Spondylolysis in Routinely Acquired Abdominal CT

Spondylolysis is underdiagnosed and often missed in non-musculoskeletal abdominal CT imaging. Our aim was to assess the inter-reader agreement and diagnostic performance of a novel “Darth Vader sign” for the detection of spondylolysis in routine axial images. We performed a retrospective search in t...

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Main Authors: Florian A. Huber, Cynthia S. Schmidt, Hatem Alkadhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Diagnostics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/15/2616