Table 4.
Intra- and inter-observer reproducibility of the measurements of myocardial and skeletal mapping characteristics in IIM patients
Bias | 95% LOA | CoV (%) | ICC | |
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Intra-observer | ||||
Native T1-myo (ms) | −4.7 | (− 34.5–25.1) | 0.86 | 0.99 |
T2 mapping-myo (ms) | 0.3 | (−1.3–1.8) | 1.28 | 0.99 |
ECV-myo (%) | −0.4 | (− 2.2–1.3) | 2.19 | 0.99 |
Native T1-sk (ms) | − 9.0 | (−83.5–65.5) | 2.12 | 0.98 |
T2 mapping-sk (ms) | −0.2 | (− 2.6–2.1) | 2.81 | 0.96 |
ECV-sk (%) | −0.1 | (−2.7–2.6) | 2.71 | 0.99 |
Inter-observer | ||||
Native T1-myo (ms) | −5.1 | (−39.2–29.0) | 0.98 | 0.98 |
T2 mapping-myo (ms) | 0.3 | (−1.5–2.1) | 1.51 | 0.98 |
ECV-myo (%) | −0.2 | (−1.8–1.3) | 1.80 | 0.98 |
Native T1-sk (ms) | −10.8 | (−126.6–118.3) | 3.52 | 0.93 |
T2 mapping-sk (ms) | −0.2 | (−3.8–3.2) | 4.43 | 0.91 |
ECV-sk (%) | 0.3 | (−2.7–3.4) | 3.17 | 0.99 |
Abbreviation: LOA limit of agreement, CoV coefficient of variation, ICC intraclass correlation coefficients, CI confidence intervals, ECV extracellular volume fraction