Agreement on grading of normal clivus using magnetic resonance imaging among radiologists.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The present study was aimed to evaluate the agreement on grading normal clivus on MRI among radiologists.

Methods

A retrospective study included patients who underwent MRI brain during January 1, 2015 to October 31, 2019. Two hundred forty-four patients who had no marrow pathology on MRI were included and divided into 8 age groups by decades. Three radiologists independently reviewed the signal intensity of clivus in mid sagittal T1-weighted image. The signal intensity was classified into three grades (Grade I-III). Fleiss' kappa coefficients (k) were calculated to assess interrater agreement.

Results

Of 244 patients, there were 123 (50.4%) males and 121 (49.6%) females. Age ranged from 1 to 79 years old. Clivus Grade II was more frequently reported (> 50%) by

SUBMITTER: Tinnut S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8760553 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature