Thyroid nodule ultrasound characteristics are used as an indication for fine-needle aspiration cytology, usually as the basis for Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TIRADS) score calculation. ...
After the blinded online evaluation of video recordings of the ultrasound examinations of 47 consecutive malignant and 76 consecutive benign thyroid lesions, 7 experts from 7 thyroid centers answered ...
On a scale from 0.0 to 1.0, the Gwet's AC1 values were 0.34, 0.53, 0.72, and 0.79 for the four most important features in decision-making, i.e. irregular margins, microcalcifications, echogenicity, an...
Examination of video recordings, closely simulating the real-world situation, revealed substantial interobserver variation in the interpretation of each of the four most important ultrasound character...
We aimed to evaluate the inter-clinician variability in the clinical target volume (CTV) for postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) for biliary tract cancer (BTC) including extrahepatic bile duct cancer (E...
The purpose of this study was to determine intra- and inter-observer agreement for the three skeletal ages derived from the TW2 method among male pubertal soccer players. The sample included 142 parti...
Long head of the biceps (LHB) pathology is frequent but can be difficult to diagnose. Arthroscopy is the current diagnostic gold-standard. The aim of the present study was to assess inter- and intra-o...
Agreement in arthroscopic analysis of the LHB is good in the particular case of small rotator cuff tears....
This prospective study included 49 patients operated on between November 1 and November 30, 2017. Seven surgeons were asked to record videos of arthroscopic LHB analysis for Patte-1 small supraspinatu...
Inter-observer agreement between the surgeons and intra-observer agreement for the junior surgeon were slight in describing the pathologic aspect of the LHB: respectively, κ=0.254, p<0.038; and κ=0.31...
Isolated arthroscopic LHB assessment without clinical or paraclinical input or precise surgical exploration protocol showed slight inter-observer agreement. Analysis and interpretation of LHB aspect s...
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Reproducible diagnoses of endometrial hyperplasia (EH) remains challenging and has potential implications for patient management. This systematic review aimed to identify pathologist-specific factors ...
Three electronic databases, namely MEDLINE, Embase and Web of Science, were searched from 1st January 2000 to 25th March 2023, using relevant key words and subject headings. Eligible studies reported ...
Eight studies were identified. Interobserver variation was shown to be significant even amongst specialist gynaecological pathologists in most studies. Few studies investigated pathologist-specific ch...
This review highlighted the impact of pathologist-specific factors and working practices in the accurate diagnosis of EH, although few studies have been conducted. Further research is warranted in the...
To assess the reproducibility of CT-based Leaman score (CT-LeSc). CT-LeSc can non-invasively quantify total coronary atherosclerotic burden and is an independent long-term predictor of cardiac events....
A full-thickness macular hole ("FTMH") is a foveal lesion caused by a defect in the full thickness of the neurosensory retina. Its diagnosis and the indication for surgical treatment take into account...
Retrospective review of OCT b-scan images with a diagnosis of FTMH. Measurements of the minimum diameter of the FTMH were performed using the hand-held tool available on the DRI-Triton (Topcon, Japan)...
Thirty-four images were analysed. For intra-observer variability, a correlation index higher than 0.98 was obtained in all cases. For inter-observer variability, the intra-class correlation coefficien...
OCT-measured AMEC size values are reproducible between ophthalmic specialists and residents and are independent of the imaging scale at which the measurement is made....
Age estimation is a perceptual task that people perform automatically and effortlessly on a daily basis. Colour has been identified as one of the facial cues that contributes to age perception. To inv...
To investigate the extent to which observer variability of computed tomography (CT) lung nodule assessment may affect clinical treatment stratification in Wilms tumour (WT) patients, according to the ...
I: CT thoraces of children with WT submitted for central review were used to estimate size distribution of lung metastases. II: Scans were selected for blinded review by five radiologists to determine...
Lung nodules were found in 84 out of 360 (23%) children with WT. For 21 identified lung nodules, inter-observer limits of agreement (LOA) for the five readers were ±2.4 and ±1.4 mm (AP diameter), ±1.9...
A significant intra-inter observer variation was found when measuring lung nodules on CT for patients with WT. This may have significant implications on treatment stratification, and thereby outcome, ...
Inter-clinician variation could cause uncertainty in disease management. This is reported to be high in Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a potentially blinding retinal disease affecting premature inf...
An anonymized survey of ROP images was administered to the expert(s) and the trainee(s) using a study-designed user interface. The results were analyzed for repeatability as well as to identify the le...
Correlation and disagreement between the expert and the trainees were visualized using the Dipstick™ diagram. Intra-clinician repeatability and reclassification statistics were assessed for all. The r...
This novel, automated algorithm quantifies the differences using machine learning techniques. This will help audit the training process by objectively measuring differences between experts and trainee...
Training for image-based ROP diagnosis can be more objectively performed using this novel, machine learning-based automated image analyzer and classifier....
