Table 2.
Phantom Position | Measurement category | Mean difference (True value − MRI) |
95% limits of agreement (True value − MRI) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3D distances (mm) | 0.01 | −0.41, 0.42 | <0.001 |
2D distances sagittal (mm) | −0.06 | −0.59, 0.48 | <0.001 | |
2D distances frontal (mm) | −0.01 | −0.49, 0.47 | <0.001 | |
2D distances horizontal (mm) | 0.11 | −0.37, 0.59 | <0.001 | |
2 | 3D distances (mm) | 0.08 | −0.33, 0.49 | <0.001 |
2D distances sagittal (mm) | −0.06 | −0.48, 0.36 | <0.001 | |
2D distances frontal (mm) | 0.03 | −0.40, 0.46 | <0.001 | |
2D distances horizontal (mm) | 0.24 | −0.13, 0.61 | <0.001 | |
3 | 3D distances (mm) | −0.12 | −0.50, 0.26 | <0.001 |
2D distances sagittal (mm) | 0.00 | −0.40, 0.41 | <0.001 | |
2D distances frontal (mm) | −0.22 | −0.46, 0.02 | <0.001 | |
2D distances horizontal (mm) | −0.02 | −0.48, 0.43 | <0.001 |
All given values refer to 24 different distances per measurement category. p-values < 0.05 indicate equivalence between true values and MRI measurements (two one-sided tests with an equivalence margin of ±0.5 mm).