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Table 2 FA and ADC results of the two technicians and two time points

From: Comparison of region-of-interest delineation methods for diffusion tensor imaging in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy

 

FA

ADC (10-3 mm2/s)

Pre

Post

P

ICC*

Pre

Post

P

ICCa

Radiologist 1

 Free hand

0.22±0.04

0.22±0.03

0.479

0.904 (0.829 to 0.947)

1.54±0.21

1.54±0.18

0.949

0.934 (0.880 to 0.964)

 The single largest round

0.22±0.03

0.22±0.03

0.623

0.975 (0.955 to 0.987)

1.56±0.15

1.56±0.15

0.121

0.984 (0.971 to 0.991)

 Single rectangle

0.21±0.03

0.21±0.03

0.916

0.892 (0.807 to 0.940)

1.56±0.16

1.57±0.15

0.572

0.920 (0.856 to 0.956)

 Four-small rounds

0.22±0.03

0.21±0.03

0.213

0.793 (0.648 to 0.883)

1.55±0.15

1.56±0.14

0.369

0.796 (0.652 to 0.885)

 P

0.955

0.942

  

0.941

0.847

  

Radiologist 2

 Free hand

0.22±0.03

0.22±0.03

0.914

0.905 (0.829 to 0.948)

1.54±0.18

1.55±0.18

0.533

0.937 (0.886 to 0.966)

 The single largest round

0.22±0.03

0.22±0.03

0.781

0.916 (0.849 to 0.954)

1.56±0.15

1.56±0.14

0.709

0.960 (0.927 to 0.978)

 Single rectangle

0.21±0.03

0.22±0.03

0.215

0.671 (0.466 to 0.808)

1.57±0.16

1.55±0.16

0.133

0.866 (0.764 to 0.926)

 Four-small rounds

0.21±0.03

0.21±0.02

0.726

0.779 (0.624 to 0.875)

1.56±0.16

1.53±0.15

0.033

0.755 (0.580 to 0.862)

 P

0.867

0.930

  

0.882

0.737

  
  1. FA fractional anisotropy, ADC apparent diffusion coefficient, ICC intra-class correlation coefficient. aICC analysis for both FA and ADC of different measurements were all significant (P<0.001)