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. 2010 Dec 28;5(12):e15206. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015206

Table 3. Intra and inter-reader variability.

Reader 1 Reader 2
Intra-reader (n = 59) Inter-reader (n = 70) Intra-reader (n = 54) Inter-reader (n = 72)
ZN 1 major error (HFP) 1 major error (HFP) 2 minor errors (1 LFP & 1 LFN) 1 minor error (LFP)
iLED 0 errors 5 minor errors (4 LFP & 1 LFN) 1 minor error (QE) 1 minor error (LFP)
Fraen AFTER 1 minor error (LFP) 5 minor errors (5 LFP) 0 errors 7 minor errors (6 LFP & 1 LFN)
Lumin 3 minor errors (1 LFN & 2 LFP) 1 major error (HFP) and 3 minor errors (1 LFP & 2 LFN) 0 errors 1 major (HFP) & 1 minor error (QE)
Total 1 major & 4 minor errors 2 major errors & 14 minor errors 3 minor errors 1 major & 10 minor errors

Intra-reader variability refers to re-reading of slides by the same reader.

Inter-reader variability refers to re-reading of slides by a second reader.

HFP, high false positive; LFP, low false positive; LFN, low false negative; QE, quantification error.