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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Abdom Radiol (NY). 2017 Dec;42(12):2843–2854. doi: 10.1007/s00261-017-1206-4

Table 2.

Repeatability of 2D and 3D MRE stiffness values measured under various conditions

Condition Repeatability parameter


MRE
method
Breath-hold
phase
Driver
type
Bias
(kPa)
RC LOA
(kPa)
ICC
2D* Expiration Rigid 0.07 0.29 −0.22, 0.36 0.86 (0.56, 0.96)
2D Expiration Flexible 0.01 0.33 −0.32, 0.34 0.91 (0.70, 0.98)
2D Inspiration Rigid 0.05 0.49 −0.44, 0.55 0.71 (0.22, 0.92)
2D Inspiration Flexible −0.05 0.36 −0.41, 0.31 0.88 (0.61, 0.97)
3D Expiration Rigid −0.02 0.20 −0.22, 0.19 0.84 (0.49, 0.96)
3D Expiration Flexible 0.01 0.20 −0.19, 0.21 0.90 (0.65, 0.97)
3D Inspiration Rigid 0.01 0.16 −0.16, 0.17 0.96 (0.86, 0.99)
3D Inspiration Flexible 0.03 0.26 −0.22, 0.29 0.90 (0.65, 0.97)

RC = Repeatability coefficient; LOA = limit of agreement; ICC = Intraclass coefficient of repeatability; ROI = Regions of Interests.

Values in parentheses are 95% confidence limits.

*

This implementation of MRE is the FDA-approved clinically available implementation of MRE.