Table 4 Inter-method Agreement for Assessment of pulmonary lesion Findings Using two Methods
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morphological characteristics | Methods | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Kappa value | Pvalue |
Lobulation | Standard-dose CT vs. | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.698 | <0.0001 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | |||
Spiculation | Standard-dose CT vs. | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.605 | <0.0001 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 17 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||
Pleural indentation | Standard-dose CT vs. | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.451 | <0.0001 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 28 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
Bubble-like attenuation | Standard-dose CT vs. | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.700 | <0.0001 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
Convergence of vessels | Standard-dose CT vs. | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.700 | <0.0001 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |||
Halo | Standard-dose CT vs. | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.355 | =0.002 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Cavitation | Standard-dose CT vs. | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 | <0.0001 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Calcification | Standard-dose CT vs. | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.368 | =0.010 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Mediastinal lymph node enlargement | Standard-dose CT vs. | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.773 | <0.0001 |
MR imaging with r-VIBE | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |||