Table 1.

Inter- and intra-observer reproducibility of quantitative measures

	No. of matched struts	Inter-observer variability	Observer A versus observer B (1st)	ICCc	ICCa
		Analyzable matched struts	Absolute difference [95 % CI]
Embedment ratio (%)
Absorb BVS	1481	1481	−0.08 [−0.51–0.36]
Single measures				0.919 [0.911–0.927]	0.919 [0.911–0.927]
Average measures				0.958 [0.954–0.962]	0.958 [0.954–0.962]
XIENCE	1415	1415	0.14 [−0.02–0.30]
Single measures				0.998 [0.998–0.999]	0.998 [0.998–0.999]
Average measures				0.999 [0.999–0.999]	0.999 [0.999–0.999]
Strut embedment width (mm)
Absorb BVS	1481	1112	−0.000 [−0.002–0.002]
Single measures				0.95 [0.943–0.955]	0.95 [0.943–0.955]
Average measures				0.974 [0.971–0.977]	0.974 [0.971–0.977]
XIENCE	1426	703	0.001 [0.000–0.002]
Single measures				0.984 [0.981–0.986]	0.984 [0.981–0.986]
Average measures				0.992 [0.991–0.993]	0.992 [0.990–0.993]

	No. of matched struts	Intra-observer variability	Observer B (1st) versus observer B (2nd)	ICCc	ICCa
		Analyzable matched struts	Absolute difference [95 % CI]
Embedment ratio (%)
Absorb BVS	1481	1481	−0.33 [−0.80–0.15]
Single measures				0.933 [0.926–0.939]	0.933 [0.926–0.939]
Average measures				0.965 [0.962–0.969]	0.965 [0.962–0.969]
XIENCE	1415	1415	0.08 [−1.09–0.27]	0.998 [0.998–0.999]	0.998 [0.998–0.998]
Single measures				0.999 [0.999–0.999]	0.999 [0.999–0.999]
Average measures
Strut embedment width (mm)
Absorb BVS	1481	1119	0.001 [−0.001–0.002]
Single measures				0.944 [0.937–0.95]	0.944 [0.937–0.95]
Average Measures				0.971 [0.968–0.974]	0.971 [0.968–0.974]
XIENCE	1426	705	0.001 [−0.000–0.001]
Single measures				0.982 [0.979–0.984]	0.982 [0.979–0.984]
Average measures				0.991 [0.989–0.992]	0.991 [0.989–0.992]