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. 2018 Aug 29;8:13029. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31384-8

Table 2.

Accuracy of linear phantom measurements.

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).