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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2009 Sep 8;49(2):1572–1580. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.08.062

Table 1.

Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability

Intra-Rater Inter-Rater


Measurement Mean ± SD ICC p CV (%) ICC p CV (%)
CST (Right Side)
     FA 0.584 ± 0.024 0.98 < 0.001 0.4 0.99 < 0.001 0.5
     MD 0.718 ± 0.028 0.99 < 0.001 0.3 1.00 < 0.001 0.1
     λ1 1.267 ± 0.053 0.99 < 0.001 0.3 0.99 < 0.001 0.3
     λ 0.443 ± 0.026 0.99 < 0.001 0.3 0.81 < 0.001 0.4
     VV 4512 ± 1625 0.95 < 0.001 5.4 0.95 < 0.001 7.6
CST (Left Side)
     FA 0.583 ± 0.031 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 0.99 < 0.001 0.6
     MD 0.725 ± 0.158 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 0.99 < 0.001 0.4
     λ1 1.250 ± 0.051 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 1.00 < 0.001 0.2
     λ 0.439 ± 0.039 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 0.98 < 0.001 0.9
     VV 4362 ± 877 0.92 < 0.001 4.8 0.77 0.014 12.6
UNC (Right Side)
     FA 0.429 ± 0.023 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 1.00 < 0.001 0.2
     MD 0.813 ± 0.020 1.00 < 0.001 0.1 1.00 < 0.001 0.1
     λ1 1.233 ± 0.033 0.99 < 0.001 0.2 1.00 < 0.001 0.2
     λ 0.603 ± 0.025 0.92 < 0.001 0.4 1.00 < 0.001 0.1
     VV 3500 ± 679 0.96 < 0.001 3.0 0.98 < 0.001 3.0
UNC (Left Side)
     FA 0.452 ± 0.029 1.00 < 0.001 0.3 1.00 < 0.001 0.1
     MD 0.808 ± 0.032 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 1.00 < 0.001 0.1
     λ1 1.246 ± 0.042 0.93 < 0.001 0.4 0.99 < 0.001 0.2
     λ 0.589 ± 0.035 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 0.99 < 0.001 0.8
     VV 3033 ± 1166 0.96 < 0.001 5.1 0.99 < 0.001 1.9
CC (Entire)
     FA 0.574 ± 0.025 1.00 < 0.001 < 0.05 1.00 < 0.001 < 0.05
     MD 0.826 ± 0.047 1.00 < 0.001 < 0.05 1.00 < 0.001 < 0.05
     λ1 1.441 ± 0.063 1.00 < 0.001 < 0.05 1.00 < 0.001 < 0.05
     λ 0.518 ± 0.044 1.00 < 0.001 < 0.05 1.00 < 0.001 < 0.05
     VV 100440 ± 14585 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 1.00 < 0.001 0.3
GE
     FA 0.510 ± 0.033 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 1.00 < 0.001 0.2
     MD 0.836 ± 0.054 0.99 < 0.001 0.3 1.00 < 0.001 0.3
     λ1 1.365 ± 0.116 0.99 < 0.001 0.3 1.00 < 0.001 0.2
     λ 0.566 ± 0.059 0.99 < 0.001 0.4 1.00 < 0.001 0.4
     VV 13563 ± 3500 0.94 < 0.001 4.4 0.97 < 0.001 4.8
CCM
     FA 0.496 ± 0.168 0.99 < 0.001 0.4 0.98 < 0.001 0.6
     MD 0.676 ± 0.230 0.99 < 0.001 0.4 1.00 < 0.001 0.3
     λ1 1.162 ± 0.394 0.95 < 0.001 0.7 0.99 < 0.001 0.6
     λ 0.433 ± 0.150 0.99 < 0.001 0.6 1.00 < 0.001 0.5
     VV 4415 ± 2883 0.97 < 0.001 10.2 0.87 0.004 25.3
SP
     FA 0.610 ± 0.028 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 1.00 < 0.001 0.3
     MD 0.829 ± 0.048 0.99 < 0.001 0.4 1.00 < 0.001 0.2
     λ1 1.492 ± 0.062 1.00 < 0.001 0.1 1.00 < 0.001 0.1
     λ 0.497 ± 0.047 1.00 < 0.001 0.2 1.00 < 0.001 0.3
     VV 49940 ± 8767 0.98 < 0.001 2.1 0.98 < 0.001 3.3

Abbreviations: ICC=intraclass correlation coefficient, CV=coefficient of variation, CST=corticospinal tract, UNC=uncinate fasciculus, CC=corpus callosum, GE=genu, CCM=corpus callosum motor fibers, SP=splenium, FA=fractional anisotropy, MD=mean diffusivity, λ1=axial diffusivity, λ=transverse diffusivity, VV=volume of voxels containing fibers. Units: 10−3 mm2/s (MD, λ1, λ), mm3 (VV).