TABLE 2.

Interobserver agreement and Bland – Altman analysis in two-dimensional shear wave elastography in abdominal organs according to technical factors.

					Bland-Altman analysis (kPa)
Organs	Sites	Approach	Depth (mm)	Intraclass correlation coefficient	Mean bias (95% CI bias)	P-value
Liver	Right	Subcostal	5–10	0.922	0 (0.98, −0.98)	1
			10–15	0.890	−0.3 (0.89, −1.49)	0.176
		Intercostal	5–10	0.912	−0.14 (1.61, −1.89)	0.646
			10–15	0.884	−0.05 (1.07, −1.17)	0.782
	Left	Subcostal	5–10	0.864	0.17 (1.66, −1.33)	0.528
			10–15	0.948	0.09 (1.01, −0.83)	0.590
		Intercostal	5–10	0.871	0.26 (1.31, −0.80)	0.19
			10–15	0.165	0.3 (1.87, −1.28)	0.297
Spleen	–	–	0–5	0.861	−0.17 (2.11, −2.45)	0.733
			5–10	0.670	−0.11 (1.77, −2.00)	0.733
Renal cortex	Right	–	–	0.839	−0.09 (0.43, −0.60)	0.347
	Left	–	–	0.819	−0.01 (0.84, −0.86)	0.964
Prostate	Right	–	–	0.534	0.20 (2.62, −2.23)	0.688
	Left	–	–	0.871	0.04 (1.91, −1.82)	0.909
Pancreas	Right	–	–	0.858	−0.03 (1.00, −1.06)	0.873
	Body	–	–	0.603	−0.35 (0.85, −1.55)	0.123

The interobserver agreement in the spleen in this table is estimated before anesthesia.