Table 10 Disease Severity Scoring: Agreement between and within observers for 9 imaging disease characteristics for 10 patients. Each observer scored each case initially and then again approximately three weeks later.
Imaging Dimension | Observer 1 vs 2 1 | Observer 1 2 | Observer 2 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Degeneration | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
2. Height Loss | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.63 |
3. Osteophytes | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.67 |
4. Herniation | 0.28 | 0.61 | 0.41 |
5. Stenosis | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.56 |
6. Listhesis | 0.54 | 0.64 | 0.83 |
7. Instability | 0.38 | -0.02 | 1.00 |
8. Scoliosis Magnitude | 0.51 | 1.00 | 0.58 |
9. Kyphosis Magnitude | 0.42 | 0.62 | 0.62 |
Mean | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.67 |