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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Abdom Radiol (NY). 2018 Jan;43(1):169–178. doi: 10.1007/s00261-017-1261-x

Table 2.

Imaging features and interreader agreement

Imaging features SR 1
SR 2
JR 1
JR 2
k SR k JR k AR
HCC Non-HCC p HCC Non-HCC p HCC Non-HCC p HCC Non-HCC p
Arterial phase hyperenhancement (APHE) 46 (90%) 43 (86%) 0.439 43 (84%) 35 (70%) 0.134 47 (92%) 42 (84%) 0.159 50 (98%) 48 (96%) 0.745 0.45 0.29 0.35
Washout 39 (76%) 5 (10%) <0.001 39 (76%) 13 (25%) <0.001 40 (78%) 11 (22%) <0.001 39 (76%) 18 (35%) <0.001 0.65 0.29 0.50
Capsule 36 (71%) 25 (49%) 0.043 31 (61%) 10 (20%) <0.001 33 (65%) 10 (20%) <0.001 28 (55%) 8 (16%) <0.001 0.43 0.53 0.41
Tumor in vein 5 (10%) 8 (16%) 0.374 16 (32%) 13 (26%) 0.738 3 (6%) 2 (4%) 0.617 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 0.999 0.35 0.37 0.33
Diameter Mean (±SD) 5.9 (4) 5.3 (2.3) 0.357 5.9 (4.2) 5.3 (2.4) 0.385 5.9 (4) 5.3 (2.4) 0.334 5.6 (3.9) 5.1 (2.2) 0.436 0.98 0.92 0.95
LI-RADS AF that favor Malignancy
 Fat sparing 4 (8%) 6 (12%) 0.741 8 (17%) 12 (24%) 0.455 2 (4%) 4 (8%) 0.678 1 (2%) 4 (8%) 0.362 0.38 0.13 0.30
 Iron sparing 1 (2%) 2 (4%) 0.999 2 (4%) 4 (8%) 0.678 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 0.999 1 (2%) 2 (4%) 0.999 0.42 -0.02 0.05
 Blood products 2 (4%) 0 (0%) 0.237 15 (31%) 6 (12%) 0.027 3 (6%) 1 (2%) 0.352 7 (15%) 1 (2%) 0.028 0.14 0.47 0.21
 Mild-moderate T2 hyperintensity 40 (80%) 46 (90%) 0.172 43 (86%) 45 (88%) 0.775 31 (62%) 45 (88%) 0.003 42 (84%) 43 (84%) 0.999 0.25 0.37 0.27
 Restricted DWI 38 (75%) 29 (57%) 0.095 38 (75%) 29 (57%) 0.095 38 (75%) 29 (57%) 0.095 38 (75%) 29 (57%) 0.095 1.00 0.94 0.97
LI-RADS AF that favor HCC over non-HCC
 Intralesional fat 25 (52%) 6 (12%) <0.001 18 (38%) 5 (10%) 0.002 19 (40%) 2 (4%) <0.001 13 (27%) 1 (2%) <0.001 0.70 0.53 0.55
 Mosaic architecture 33 (65%) 10 (20%) <0.001 24 (47%) 7 (14%) <0.001 19 (37%) 0 (0%) <0.001 20 (39%) 17 (33%) 0.681 0.46 0.15 0.32
 Nodule-in-nodule architecture 12 (36%) 3 (27%) 0.722 3 (12%) 0 (0%) 0.999 2 (11%) 0 (0%) NA 6 (30%) 1 (6%) 0.104 0.36 0.41 0.38
 Corona enhancement 1 (2%) 5 (10%) 0.205 4 (8%) 10 (20%) 0.148 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 0.999 9 (18%) 9 (18%) 0.999 −0.09 0.17 −0.00
 Distinctive rim 5 (10%) 1 (2%) 0.205 2 (4%) 0 (0%) 0.495 2 (4%) 2 (4%) 0.999 5 (10%) 15 (29%) 0.023 −0.03 0.02 −0.02
LI-RADS AF that favor non-HCC over HCC
 Marked restricted DWI 4 (31%) 14 (64%) 0.086 8 (62%) 18 (82%) 0.243 0 (0%) 4 (18%) 0.274 2 (15%) 1 (5%) 0.541 0.31 0.21 0.14
 Target appearance on DWI 1 (8%) 5 (23%) 0.377 1 (8%) 4 (18%) 0.630 1 (8%) 12 (55%) 0.010 1 (8%) 3 (14%) 0.999 0.46 0.22 0.37
 Liver surface retraction 8 (16%) 18 (35%) 0.04 8 (16%) 14 (27%) 0.228 5 (10%) 15 (29%) 0.023 2 (4%) 12 (24%) 0.008 0.35 0.58 0.47
 Biliary obstruction 0 (0%) 7 (14%) 0.013 0 (0%) 3 (6%) 0.243 1 (2%) 8 (16%) 0.031 3 (6%) 8 (16%) 0.200 0.58 0.34 0.46
 Peripheral APHE 7 (14%) 31 (62%) <0.001 5 (10%) 21 (42%) <0.001 7 (14%) 32 (64%) <0.001 6 (12%) 20 (40%) 0.001 0.51 0.44 0.52
 Progressive central enhancement 12 (24%) 42 (82%) <0.001 13 (25%) 34 (67%) <0.001 7 (14%) 38 (75%) <0.001 12 (24%) 33 (65%) < 0.001 0.47 0.52 0.51
 Peripheral washout 2 (4%) 1 (2%) 0.999 0 (0%) 5 (10%) 0.056 3 (6%) 7 (14%) 0.318 0 (0%) 2 (4%) 0.495 −0.04 −0.04 0.06
Final Diagnosis 0.45 0.36 0.39
 LR-3 0 (0%) 0 (0%) <0.001 0 (0%) 3 (6%) <0.001 0 (0%) 0 (0%) <0.001 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
 LR-4 2 (4%) 2 (4%) 3 (6%) 2 (4%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 8 (16%) 5 (10%)
 LR-5 30 (59%) 2 (4%) 22 (43%) 5 (10%) 36 (71%) 5 (10%) 32 (63%) 8 (16%)
 LR-5V 3 (6%) 2 (4%) 14 (27%) 2 (4%) 2 (4%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
 LR-M 16 (31%) 45 (88%) 12 (24%) 39 (76%) 13 (25%) 44 (86%) 9 (18%) 38 (75%)
 LR-M vs. LR-non-M <0.001 0.49 0.57 0.53

AR all readers, AF ancillary features, JR junior reader, SR senior reader, κ kappa statistic