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Table 1 Inter-observer agreement of the morphological findings for the 111 primary tumor sites

From: Interreader reproducibility of the Neck Imaging Reporting and Data system (NI-RADS) lexicon for the detection of residual/recurrent disease in treated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)

Morphological and enhancement pattern

Reader 1

Reader 2

Matched cases between reader 1 &2

K

95% CI

P value

Percent agreement

Discrete nodular enhancement.

53

56

47

0.730

0.603–0.857

< 0.001*

86.5%

Definite progressive mass.

25

13

12

0.564

0.369–0.760

< 0.001*

87.39%

New or enlarging discrete nodule/ mass

34

40

19

0.273

0.087–0.458

0.004*

67.57%

Deep ill-defined enhancement.

63

24

21

0.247

0.116–0.378

0.001*

59.46%

Deep, ill-defined soft tissue mass.

59

19

14

0.135

0.004–0.266

0.049*

54.95%

Focal mucosal non-mass like enhancement.

16

6

4

0.309

0.05–0.568

< 0.001*

87.39%

No enhancement.

14

12

11

0.826

0.658–0.993

< 0.001*

96.4%

Diffuse linear mucosal enhancement.

31

30

24

0.706

0.56–0.856

< 0.001*

88.3%

Non-mass like tissue distortion.

67

49

41

0.402

0.242–0.562

< 0.001*

69.37%

Low density mucoid mucosal edema.

22

22

14

0.546

0.350–0.743

< 0.001*

85.6%