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. 2016 Mar-Apr;49(2):69–74. doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0042

Table 4.

Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and intraobserver agreement (kappa) for the 2D and 3D MRI protocols in the detection of anterior cruciate ligament, medial meniscus, and lateral meniscus tears for both readers separately.

  Reader 1    
2D   3D  
Sensitivity   Specificity   Accuracy   Sensitivity   Specificity   Accuracy   Intraobserver agreement
MRI feature % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   Kappa [95% CI]
Anterior cruciate ligament 93 [77–99]   90 [56–100]   89 [74–100]   89 [72–99]   80 [44–97]   87 [71–100]   0.87 [0.70–1.00]
Medial meniscus 83 [63–95]   64 [35–87]   76 [58–95]   88 [68–97] 57 [29–82]   76 [58–95]   0.88 [0.74–1.00]
Lateral meniscus 54 [25–81]   92 [74–99]   79 [59–94]   62 [32–86] 76 [55–91]   71 [49–85]   0.70 [0.70–0.57]
  Reader 2    
2D   3D
Sensitivity   Specificity   Accuracy   Sensitivity   Specificity   Accuracy Intraobserver agreement
% [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   % [95% CI]   Kappa [95% CI]
Anterior cruciate ligament 93 [77–99]   80 [44–97]   89 [74–100]   96 [82–100]   80 [44–97]   92 [77–100]   0.79 [0.57–0.99]
Medial meniscus 83 [63–95]   79 [49–95]   82 [62–98]   83 [63–95]   79 [49–95]   82 [62–98]   0.89 [0.75–1.00]
Lateral meniscus 54 [25–81]   92 [74–99]   79 [59–94]   54 [25–81]   88 [69–97]   76 [56–91]   0.79 [0.48–0.94]

p-value range: 0.25–1.00.