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Relative cerebral blood volume measurements in intracranial mass lesions: interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12202717     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To assess inter- and intraobserver reproducibility for different techniques of measuring relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) in patients with intracranial mass lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three independent observers (neuroradiology fellows) who were blinded to the histopathologic diagnosis performed rCBV measurements in 50 patients with various intracranial mass lesions. Three different methods were compared. With method 1, placement of a single region of interest was guided by a color overlay map. With methods 2 and 3, the highest rCBV value and the mean of repeated rCBV measurements, respectively, were recorded. Calculations of the intraclass correlation coefficient, coefficient of variation (CV), and descriptive statistics were used to determine the levels of reproducibility. A multiple linear regression model was used to evaluate for possible explanatory factors for interobserver variance. RESULTS: Method 2 had, overall, the best reproducibility of all techniques, with an intraclass interobserver correlation coefficient of 0.71 (indicating good agreement), interobserver CV of 30%, and intraobserver CV in the range of 32%-41%. Measurement variations between observers correlated significantly (P <.001) with increasing rCBV values. CONCLUSION: In this study, interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility of rCBV measurements were clinically acceptable.
Authors:
Stephan G Wetzel; Soonmee Cha; Glyn Johnson; Peter Lee; Meng Law; David L Kasow; Sean D Pierce; Xiaonan Xue
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiology     Volume:  224     ISSN:  0033-8419     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiology     Publication Date:  2002 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-08-30     Completed Date:  2002-10-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401260     Medline TA:  Radiology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  797-803     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright RSNA, 2002
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave, NY 10016, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Volume Determination / methods*
Brain Neoplasms / physiopathology*
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Observer Variation
Reproducibility of Results

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