Table 4.
Likert scores on diagnostic confidence for osteolytic lesions detection.
| Likert score on diagnostic confidence for osteolytic lesions detection | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 standard protocol | Repeated measures ANOVA | Group 2 low-dose protocol | Repeated measures ANOVA | |||||
| Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Reader 3 | p | Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Reader 3 | p | |
| Skull lesions | 4.8 ± 0.422 | 4.90 ± 0.316 | 5 | 0.368 | 4.94 ± 0.232 | 4.91 ± 0.284 | 4.79 ± 0.729 | 0.717 |
| Cervical spine lesions | 5 | 5 | 4.83 ± 0.408 | 0.368 | 4.87 ± 0.434 | 4.81 ± 0.397 | 4.75 ± 0.568 | 0.307 |
| Thoracic spine lesions | 4.67 ± 0.500 | 4.89 ± 0.333 | 5 | 0.174 | 4.76 ± 0.542 | 4.87 ± 0.343 | 4.89 ± 0.315 | 0.497 |
| Lumbar spine lesions | 5 | 4.82 ± 0.387 | 5 | 0.135 | 4.91 ± 0.379 | 4.82 ± 0.387 | 4.82 ± 0.465 | 0.122 |
| Humeral head | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.368 | 4.90 ± 0.316 | 4.82 ± 0.405 | 4.7 ± 0.483 | 0.472 |
| Humeral diaphysis | 4.8 ± 0.447 | 4.2 ± 0.837 | 4.8 ± 0.447 | 0.368 | 4.87 ± 0.344 | 4.82 ± 0.395 | 4.91 ± 0.294 | 0.607 |
| Scapular lesions | 4.6 ± 0.894 | 4.8 ± 0.447 | 4.4 ± 0.894 | 0.497 | 4.83 ± 0.482 | 4.81 ± 0.402 | 4.77 ± 0.587 | 0.756 |
| Clavicular lesions | 5 | 4.6 ± 0.548 | 4.8 ± 0.447 | 0.368 | 4.91 ± 0.294 | 4.75 ± 0.444 | 4.85 ± 0.366 | 0.18 |
| Hip bone lesions | 4.83 ± 0.408 | 4.83 ± 0.408 | 4.5 ± 0.548 | 0.368 | 4.56 ± 0.788 | 4.46 ± 0.897 | 4.44 ± 0.808 | 0.825 |
| Femoral head lesions | 5 | 4.75 ± 0.500 | 5 | 0.135 | 4.85 ± 0.555 | 4.87 ± 0.352 | 5 | 0.368 |
| Femoral diaphysis | 4.67 ± 0.516 | 4.67 ± 0.516 | 5 | 0.264 | 4.95 ± 0.229 | 4.86 ± 0.351 | 4.90 ± 0.308 | 0.549 |
| Sternum lesions | 5 | 4.83 ± 0.408 | 5 | 0.135 | 4.96 ± 0.204 | 4.77 ± 0.429 | 4.77 ± 0.429 | 0.06 |
| Rib lesions | 4.86 ± 0.378 | 4.71 ± 0.488 | 4.43 ± 0.787 | 0.549 | 4.51 ± 0.746 | 4.57 ± 0.630 | 4.34 ± 0.825 | 0.265 |
| Extraosseous lesion | – | – | – | – | 4.71 ± 0.488 | 4.60 ± 0.894 | 4.5 ± 0.577 | 0.717 |