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Table 2 Intra-observer variability (by the skilled observer)

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial feature tracking using a non-rigid, elastic image registration algorithm: assessment of variability in a real-life clinical setting

 

Intra-observer

#

Bias

LOA

CV

CR

ICC (95% CI)

Healthy Volunteer

Global

ErrSAX

120

−0.33*

[−2.9;2.2]

4.7

±3.6

0.98 (0.98–0.98)

EccSAX

120

−0.13

[−2.0;1.7]

5.0

±2.6

0.99 (0.98–0.99)

EllLAX

20

0.06

[−1.3;1.4]

4.4

±1.9

0.89 (0.73–0.95)

Segm.

ErrSAX

660

−0.25

[−8.4;7.9]

12.3

±11.5

0.98 (0.98–0.99)

EccSAX

660

−0.12

[−5.8;5.6]

15.1

±8.1

0.96 (0.96–0.97)

EllLAX

140

0.14

[−5.9;6.2]

19.4

±8.6

0.89 (0.85–0.92)

Normal Group

Global

ErrSAX

87

−0.22*

[−2.0;1.6]§

3.7

±2.6

1.00 (1.0–1.0)

EccSAX

87

0.08

[−1.1;1.3]

3.7

±1.7

0.99 (0.99–1.0)

EllLAX

20

0.07

[−1.4;1.5]

5.2

±2.0

0.95 (0.89–0.98)

Segm.

ErrSAX

470

−0.18

[−7.7;7.4]§

15.3

±10.7

0.98 (0.97–0.98)

EccSAX

470

0.12

[−4.2;4.5]

13.3

±6.2

0.97 (0.96–0.97)

EllLAX

140

0.01

[−5.1;5.1]

15.0

±7.2

0.95 (0.93–0.97)

Patient Group

Global

ErrSAX

86

−0.23*

[−2.1;1.7]§

4.1

±2.7

1.00 (1.0–1.0)

EccSAX

86

−0.16*

[−1.3;1.0]

4.7

±1.6

0.99 (0.99–1.0)

EllLAX

18

0.34

[−1.2;1.9]

6.3

±2.2

0.98 (0.95–1.0)

Segm.

ErrSAX

470

−0.20

[−5.7;5.3]§

11.7

±7.8

0.99 (0.99–0.99)

EccSAX

470

−0.12

[−3.5;3.2]

12.9

±4.7

0.98 (0.98–0.98)

EllLAX

126

0.24

[−6.9;7.4]

28.4

±10.1

0.90 (0.86–0.93)

  1. # - Sample Size; LOA Limits of agreement; CV Coefficient of variation (%); CR Coefficient of repeatability; ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient; CI Coefficient Interval
  2. *p < 0.05, two tailed paired t-test against zero
  3. § p < 0.05, F-test between patient group and normal group for each strain component