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. 2016 Nov-Dec;49(6):382–388. doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0033

Table 2.

Absolute and relative frequencies of images in which the target structures were identified (easily identifiable) or unidentified (unidentifiable + inconclusive) with the T1 GRE and T1 IR GRE techniques, in six different scenarios.

      T1GRE
Scenario T1 IR GRE   Unidentifiable + inconclusive Identifiable Total
1) All observations (n = 15,000) Unidentifiable + inconclusive n 582 90 673
    % 7.8% 1.2% 9.0%
  Identifiable n 256 6,571 6,827
    % 3.4% 87.6% 91.0%
  Total n 838 6,662 7,500
    % 11.2% 88.8% 100.0%
2) Intraobserver analysis (n = 9,000) Unidentifiable + inconclusive n 374 53 427
    % 8.3% 1.2% 9.5%
  Identifiable n 176 3,897 4,073
    % 3.9% 86.6% 90.5%
  Total n 550 3,950 4,500
    % 12.2% 87.8% 100.0%
3) Interobserver analysis (n = 9,000) Unidentifiable + inconclusive n 341 51 392
    % 7.6% 1.1% 8.7%
  Identifiable n 145 3,963 4,108
    % 3.2% 88.1% 91.3%
  Total n 486 4,014 4,500
    % 10.8% 89.2% 100.0%
4) First evaluation of observer 1 (n = 3,000) Unidentifiable + inconclusive n 133 13 146
    % 8.9% 0.9% 9.7%
  Identifiable n 65 1,289 1,354
    % 4.3% 85.9% 90.3%
  Total n 198 1,302 1,500
    % 13.2% 86.8% 100.0%
5) Evaluation of observer 2 (n = 3,000) Unidentifiable + inconclusive n 103 23 126
    % 6.9% 1.5% 8.4%
  Identifiable n 48 1,326 1,374
    % 3.2% 88.4% 91.6%
  Total n 151 1,349 1,500
    % 10.1% 89.9% 100.0%
6) Evaluation of observer 3 (n = 3,000) Unidentifiable + inconclusive n 105 15 120
    % 7.0% 1.0% 8.0%
  Identifiable n 32 1,348 1,380
    % 2.1% 89.9% 92.0%
  Total n 137 1,363 1,500
    % 9.1% 90.9% 100.0%

n, absolute frequency; %, relative frequency. Scenario 1 (McNemar: χ2 = 77.51; p-value = 0.000); Scenario 2 (McNemar: χ2 = 64.97; p-value = 0.000); Scenario 3 (McNemar: χ2 = 44.12; p-value = 0.000); Scenario 4 (McNemar: χ2 = 33.35; p-value = 0.000); Scenario 5 (McNemar: χ2 = 8.11; p-value = 0.003); Scenario 6 (McNemar: χ2 = 5.48; p-value = 0.020).