Table 6 Inter-observer agreement and reproducibility.

From: Impact of observer experience on multi-detector computed tomography aortic valve morphology assessment and valve size selection for transcatheter aortic valve replacement

 

Structural interventionalist–structural interventionalist two

Structural interventionalist–imaging specialist

Structural interventionalist–cardiac surgeon

Mean Difference (SD)

ICC (95%CI)

COV (%)

Mean Difference (SD)

ICC (95%CI)

COV (%)

Mean Difference (SD)

ICC (95%CI)

COV (%)

Inter-observer

Area [mm2]

− 2.36 (23.4)

0.991 (0.977–0.996)

4.65

− 23.14 (34.20)

0.973 (0.893–0.991)

6.65

− 53.50 (36.33)

0.934 (0.112–0.984)

6.86

Area derived diameter [mm]

− 0.07 (0.60)

0.989 (0.972–0.996)

2.38

− 0.61 (0.87)

0.966 (0.859–0.988)

3.43

− 1.34 (0.95)

0.917 (0.084–0.980)

3.69

Avg. diameter [mm]

− 0.02 (0.69)

0.984 (0.960–0.994)

2.72

− 0.45 (0.91)

0.967 (0.907–0.988)

3.57

− 1.31 (0.95)

0.917 (0.084–0.980)

3.59

Perimeter [mm]

− 0.57 (2.01)

0.987 (0.968–0.995)

2.49

− 1.87 (2.54)

0.969 (0.863–0.990)

3.13

− 4.54 (3.11)

0.904 (0.005–0.977)

3.77

SOV average diameter [mm]

− 0.03 (0.61)

0.996 (0.990–0.998)

1.82

− 0.13 (0.51)

0.997 (0.992–0.999)

1.53

− 0.01 (0.56)

0.997 (0.991–0.999)

1.67

 

Structural interventionalist–general physician

Structural interventionalist–medical student

   

Mean Difference (SD)

ICC (95%CI)

COV (%)

Mean Difference (SD)

ICC (95%CI)

COV (%)

   

Intra-observer

Area [mm2]

− 22.91 (47.15)

0.965 (0.902–0.987)

9.17

− 68.45 (54.62)

0.901 (0.136–0.974)

10.14

   

Area derived diameter [mm]

− 0.81 (0.92)

0.960 (0.752–0.988)

3.60

− 1.66 (1.25)

0.891 (0.048–0.972)

4.82

   

Average diameter [mm]

− 0.8 (1.02)

0.953 (0.773–0.985)

3.97

− 1.56 (1.26)

0.897 (0.137–0.973)

4.83

   

Perimeter [mm]

− 3.54 (2.95)

0.944 (0.398–0.986)

3.60

− 10.72 (6.30)

0.708 (0.215–0.920)

7.35

   

SOV average diameter [mm]

0.24 (1.10)

0.986 (0.965–0.994)

3.31

− 0.04 (0.74)

0.994 (0.985–0.998)

2.20

   
  1. Results are reported as mean (SD). SOV: sinus of valsalva; ICC: intraclass-correlation coefficient; CoV: coefficient of variation; SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval.