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Table 5 Agreement between whole-body bone scan (WBBS) data and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray data in patients with osteonecrosis (ON)

From: Clinical characteristics and role of whole-body bone scan in multifocal osteonecrosis

 

ON confirmed by bone scan

Total

(−)

(+)

 

ON confirmed by MRI

(−)

31 (6.8)

8 (1.7)

39

(+)

81 (17.7)

338 (80.7)

419

Total

 

112

346

458

ON confirmed by X-ray

(−)

72 (15.8)

58 (12.7)

130

(+)

36 (11.0)

290 (63.6)

326

Total

 

108

348

456

  1. κ = 0.325 between bone scan and MRI (p < 0.001); κ = 467 between bone scan and X-ray (p < 0.001)