A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing the 2019 and 2005 Bosniak Classification Systems for Assessing Renal Cysts and Cystic Renal Masses

Diagnostic Accuracy and Inter-rater Agreement Evaluation

Niknejad, Mohammad Taghi MD, Consultant Radiologist
Mohajeri, Shiva MD, Consultant Pathologist
Javadrashid, Reza MD, Professor of radiology
Shahir Eftekhar, Mohammad MD, Medical doctor
shojaeshafiei, Farzaneh MD, Consultant Radiologist
Baradaran, Mansoureh MD, Consultant Radiologist
Hatami, Bahareh MD, Consultant Radiologist
Klontzas, Michail E MD. PhD, Assistant professor of radiology
Shahidi, Ramin MD, Medical doctor

Department of Radiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sceinces, Tabriz, Iran
Department of Pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Sceinces, Tabriz, Iran
Department of Radiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sceinces, Tabriz, Iran
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
Department of Radiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Radiology, Imam Ali Hospital, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
Department of Radiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Medical Imaging, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, 71110, Crete, Greece
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003, Crete, Greece
Department of Medical Imaging, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, 71110, Crete, Greece

Corresponding Author: Mohammad Taghi Niknejad, MD, Consultant Radiologist, Editor at Radiopaedia, Tabesh Advanced Medical Imaging Centre, Tabriz, Iran, P: +98 914 353 9878, Email: [email protected].

Received August 17, 2024

Received in revised form January 12, 2025

Accepted January 27, 2025

British Journal of Radiology Publish Ahead of Print, February 17, 2025. | DOI: 10.1093/bjr/tqaf033