Table 4.
The inter-observer reliability of the parameters in the tumor area
ADC | Dslow | Dfast | f | DDC | α | ||
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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.