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

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
Subjects:
computed tomography
spondylolisthesis
spondylolysis
lumbar spine
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/15/2616

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