Table 3 Intra- and inter-observer variability of cardiac MRI tissue tracking.

From: Left Ventricular Deformation in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease: Evaluated by 3.0T Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Tissue Tracking

 

Inter−observer (n = 30)

Intra−observer (n = 30)

ICC

95% CI

ICC

95% CI

Global

Radial PS(%)

0.98

0.95−0.99

0.98

0.97−0.99

Circumferential PS(%)

0.98

0.96−0.99

0.99

0.98−0.99

Longitudinal PS(%)

0.94

0.87−0.97

0.97

0.93−0.98

Basal

Radial PS(%)

0.96

0.93−0.98

0.97

0.93−0.99

Circumferential PS(%)

0.96

0.88−0.99

0.96

0.92−0.98

Longitudinal PS(%)

0.90

0.79−0.95

0.93

0.86−0.97

Mid

Radial PS(%)

0.96

0.91−0.98

0.96

0.91−0.98

Circumferential PS(%)

0.99

0.98−0.99

0.99

0.98−0.99

Longitudinal PS(%)

0.89

0.79−0.95

0.95

0.90−0.98

Apical

Radial PS(%)

0.93

0.86−0.97

0.94

0.88−0.97

Circumferential PS(%)

0.97

0.94−0.99

0.98

0.96−0.99

Longitudinal PS(%)

0.89

0.78−0.94

0.91

0.82−0.96

  1. Notes: ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; CI, confidence interval; PS, peak strain; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.