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. 2012 Aug;85(1016):e480–e489. doi: 10.1259/bjr/25760339

Table 5. Comparison of independent review vs the consensus reading as standard using kappa statistics (with Bonferroni adjustment for multiple tests) and confidence limitsa.

Table of kappa scores (with confidence limits)
Standard vs Sag T1 anatomy Sag T1 artefact Sag T2 anatomy Sag T2 artefact Ax T1 anatomy Ax T1 artefact Ax T2 anatomy Ax T2 artefact SPACE anatomy SPACE artefact
Reviewer 2
 Kappa 0.835 0.845 0.883 0.878 0.829 0.907 0.849 0.921 0.152 0.920
 Low CL 0.620 0.671 0.719 0.748 0.671 0.783 0.687 0.835 −0.324 0.782
 Upper CL 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.987 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.628 1.000
Reviewer 1
 Kappa 0.923 0.898 0.886 0.862 0.933 0.920 0.970 0.959 0.051 0.962
 Low CL 0.780 0.752 0.709 0.718 0.837 0.831 0.899 0.896 −0.424 0.889
 Upper CL 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.526 1.000

Ax, axial; Sag, sagittal; CL, confidence limit; SPACE, sampling perfection with application-optimised contrasts using different flip angle evolutions.

ap-values for all comparisons except SPACE anatomy are (non-significant) p<0.001.