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. 2021 Nov 15;13(11):12480–12494.

Table 4.

The inter-observer reliability of the parameters in the tumor area

ADC Dslow Dfast f DDC α
Grade II (n = 19) Observation 1 1.06 ± 0.25 0.75 ± 0.16 2.39 ± 0.35 0.74 ± 0.14 1.66 ± 0.53 0.92 ± 0.07
Observation 2 1.05 ± 0.26 0.75 ± 0.16 2.38 ± 0.31 0.72 ± 0.14 1.65 ± 0.56 0.91 ± 0.07
ICC 0.993 0.998 0.969 0.972 0.994 0.974
p value < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Grade III (n = 12) Observation 1 0.82 ± 0.13 0.57 ± 0.10 2.70 ± 0.44 0.58 ± 0.13 1.10 ± 0.14 0.82 ± 0.05
Observation 2 0.80 ± 0.12 0.57 ± 0.10 2.73 ± 0.44 0.58 ± 0.13 1.06 ± 0.11 0.83 ± 0.05
ICC 0.990 0.989 0.987 0.994 0.886 0.986
p value < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Grade IV (n = 19) Observation 1 0.69 ± 0.15 0.46 ± 0.07 3.11 ± 0.42 0.45 ± 0.10 0.86 ± 0.14 0.76 ± 0.04
Observation 2 0.66 ± 0.15 0.46 ± 0.07 3.10 ± 0.42 0.45 ± 0.10 0.89 ± 0.16 0.77 ± 0.05
ICC 0.972 0.991 0.970 0.989 0.799 0.983
p value < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.001 < 0.001

ADC (× 10-3 mm2/s), Dslow (× 10-3 mm2/s), Dfast (× 10-3 mm2/s), f (unitless), DDC (× 10-3 mm2/s), α (unitless), ICC = Intra-class Correlation Coefficient.