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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Jun 15;33(14):1605–1610. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181791af3

Table 4. Reliability of Quantitative Measurements: Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC).

Intra-ICC
Measurement Reader E Reader F Inter-ICC
Max AP canal length—ST canal 0.63 (0.44-0.77) 0.9 (0.83-0.94) 0.76 (0.68-0.82)
Max AP canal width—ST canal 0.92 (0.87-0.95) 0.93 (0.89-0.96) 0.9 (0.86-0.92)
Max AP canal length—osseous canal 0.7 (0.53-0.81) 0.86 (0.77-0.92) 0.65 (0.55-0.74)
Max AP canal width—osseous canal 0.9 (0.83-0.94) 0.86 (0.78-0.92) 0.68 (0.58-0.75)
Osseous canal area 0.71 (0.55-0.82) 0.88 (0.8-0.93) 0.58 (0.47-0.68)
ST canal area 0.77 (0.64-0.86) 0.94 (0.9-0.97) 0.78 (0.71-0.83)
Thecal sac area 0.86 (0.76-0.91) 0.9 (0.83-0.94) 0.76 (0.68-0.82)
Canal area at pedicle above 0.57 (0.35-0.73) 0.77 (0.63-0.86) 0.63 (0.52-0.73)
Thecal sac area at pedicle above 0.28 (0-0.51) 0.86 (0.77-0.92) 0.63 (0.52-0.72)

Intra-reader variables collected on 18 patients 3 levels each. Inter-reader variables collected on 52 images 3 levels each. ICC and 95% CI based on Shrout-Fleiss formulas.