Table 2. Inter- and intra-observer intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) scores and the 95% confidence interval (CI) for the quantitative terminal ductal lobular unit involution measures obtained from two observers and the automated method.
Intra-observer ICC (95% CI)* | Inter-observer ICC (95% CI)# | |||
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Observer 1 | Observer 2 | Observer 1 vs 2 | mean(observers) vs automated | |
Number of TDLUs per tissue area (mm2) | 0.96 (0.86, 0.99) | 0.82 (0.78, 0.98) | 0.71 (0.51, 0.83) | 0.80 (0.63, 0.90) |
Median TDLU span (μm) | 0.91 (0.69, 0.98) | 0.90 (0.67, 0.98) | 0.81 (0.67, 0.90) | 0.57 (0.19, 0.77) |
Median number of acini per TDLU | 0.91 (0.69, 0.98) | 0.86 (0.53, 0.96) | 0.73 (0.54, 0.85) | 0.80 (0.62, 0.89) |
*Intra-observer ICC was evaluated using 10 out of the 40 cases.
#Inter-observer ICC was evaluated using 40 cases.