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. 2013 Aug 30;10(3):122–127. doi: 10.5812/iranjradiol.10708

Table 5. Interobserver Variability for Previous Studies Evaluating the Sonographic BI-RADS Descriptors .

Description & Final Assessment Our Study κ value Lazarus et al. (12) κ value Berg et al. (13) κ value Park et al. (2) κ value Lee et al. (10) κ value Abdullah et al. (4) κ value
Shape 0.45 0.66 0.62 0.42 0.49 0.64
Orientation 0.66 0.61 0.72 0.61 0.56 0.70
Margin 0.33 0.40 0.67 0.32 0.33 0.36
Lesion boundary 0.56 0.69 0.36 0.55 0.59 0.48
Echo pattern 0.41 0.29 0.25 0.36 0.37 0.58
Posterior feature 0.54 0.40 0.38 0.53 0.49 0.47
Final category 0.35 0.28 0.52 0.49 0.53 0.30