Interobserver Variability of Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment Using MRI in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the interobserver variability associated with quantitative and qualitative MRI assessments of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).

Materials and methods

Patients with MPM who underwent uniform-protocol preoperative MRI between 2009 and 2014 were included. The MRI-derived tumor volume was estimated. Unidimensional measurements of maximal pleural thickness (P _max) and average pleural thickness (P _avg) on axial MR images; maximal fissural thickness (F _max); maximal diaphragmatic thickness (D _max); and average diaphragmatic thickness (D _avg) on sagittal reconstructed images were acquired. Interobserver agreement regarding the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tu

SUBMITTER: Gill RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7977922 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature