Table 3. Reproducibility of quantitatively measuring plaque size on ultrasound and MR images.
Imaging measurements | Inter-observer agreement, ICC (95% CI) | Intra-observer agreement, ICC (95% CI) |
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Longitudinal ultrasound images | ||
Max WT | 0.961 (0.852–0.990) | 0.981 (0.925–0.995) |
Plaque length | 0.990 (0.962–0.998) | 0.997 (0.990–0.999) |
Plaque area | 0.986 (0.945–0.997) | 0.992 (0.967–0.998) |
Cross-sectional ultrasound images | ||
Max WT | 0.894 (0.631–0.973) | 0.950 (0.814–0.987) |
Plaque area | 0.937 (0.767-0.984) | 0.983 (0.932–0.996) |
Longitudinal MR images | ||
Max WT | 0.886 (0.608–0.970) | 0.970 (0.884–0.993) |
Plaque length | 0.891 (0.622–0.972) | 0.927 (0.734–0.981) |
Plaque area | 0.965 (0.865–0.991) | 0.982 (0.928–0.995) |