Inter-vendor and inter-observer reliability of diffusion tensor imaging in the musculoskeletal system: a multiscanner MR study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the inter-observer and inter-vendor reliability of diffusion tensor imaging parameters in the musculoskeletal system.

Methods

This prospective study included six healthy volunteers three men (mean age: 42; range: 31-52 years) and three women (mean age: 36; range: 30-44 years). Each subject was scanned using different 3 Tesla magnetic resonance scanners from three different vendors at three different sites bilaterally. First, the intra-class correlation coefficient was used to determine between-observers agreement for overall measurements and clinical sites. Next, between-group comparisons were made through the nonparametric Friedman's test. Finally, the Bland-Altman method was used to determine agreement among the three scanner measurements, comparing

SUBMITTER: Chianca V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9911574 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature