Interobserver agreement of skeletal muscle mass measurement on head and neck CT imaging at the level of the third cervical vertebra.

S I BrilA W WendrichJ E SwartzI WegnerF PameijerE J SmidG H BolA J PothenRemco de Bree

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2019)

Interobserver agreement for SMM measurement at the level of C3 was excellent. Assessment of SMM at the level of C3 is easy and robust and can performed on routinely available imaging in HNC patients.

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