Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the interobserver and intraobserver agreement of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound (3D-CEUS) volume calculations of focal liver lesions (FLLs).Methods: Thirty-nine patients (15 men and 24 women; mean age, 55.4 years) with 39 Flis (mean size, 3.1 +/- 1.8 cm; size range, 1 to 8 cm) prospectively underwent 3D-CEUS. Four readers calculated the volume of each lesion in an independent and blinded fashion in two separate sessions by means of a semi-automatic, commercially available proprietary software. The differences in lesion volumes (cm(3)) among sessions and readers were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test. Bland-Altman analysis was also performed. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated. The statistical significance level was set at P<0.05.Results: Among readers, there were no statistically significant differences in the first (P=0.953) and second (P=0.592) reading sessions for volume calculations of the 39 FLLs, with almost perfect inter-reader agreement (ICC values of the first reading session, 0.996; 95% Cl, 0.992 to 0.998 and ICC value of the second reading session, 0.994; 95% CI, 0.990 to 0.997, respectively). For each of the four readers, there were no significant differences in volume calculations between the two sessions (P=0.503-0.924), and the intrareader agreement was almost perfect for each reader (R1: ICC, 0.995; 95% CI, 0.991 to 0.998; R2: ICC, 0.995; 95% CI, 0.988 to 0.997; R3: ICC, 0.996; 95% CI, 0.992 to 0.998; R4: ICC, 0.985; 95% CI, 0.971 to 0.992).Conclusion: 3D-CEUS volume calculations provided consistent measurements across different readers with almost perfect intrareader agreement.

Bartolotta, T.V., Sidoti Pinto, A., Cannella, R., Porrello, G., Taravella, R., Randazzo, A., et al. (2021). Focal liver lesions: interobserver and intraobserver agreement of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound-assisted volume measurements. ULTRASONOGRAPHY, 40(3), 333-341 [10.14366/usg.20025].

Focal liver lesions: interobserver and intraobserver agreement of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound-assisted volume measurements

Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo;Sidoti Pinto, Antonio;Cannella, Roberto;Porrello, Giorgia;Taravella, Rossana;Randazzo, Angelo;Taibbi, Adele
2021-07-01

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the interobserver and intraobserver agreement of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound (3D-CEUS) volume calculations of focal liver lesions (FLLs).Methods: Thirty-nine patients (15 men and 24 women; mean age, 55.4 years) with 39 Flis (mean size, 3.1 +/- 1.8 cm; size range, 1 to 8 cm) prospectively underwent 3D-CEUS. Four readers calculated the volume of each lesion in an independent and blinded fashion in two separate sessions by means of a semi-automatic, commercially available proprietary software. The differences in lesion volumes (cm(3)) among sessions and readers were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test. Bland-Altman analysis was also performed. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated. The statistical significance level was set at P<0.05.Results: Among readers, there were no statistically significant differences in the first (P=0.953) and second (P=0.592) reading sessions for volume calculations of the 39 FLLs, with almost perfect inter-reader agreement (ICC values of the first reading session, 0.996; 95% Cl, 0.992 to 0.998 and ICC value of the second reading session, 0.994; 95% CI, 0.990 to 0.997, respectively). For each of the four readers, there were no significant differences in volume calculations between the two sessions (P=0.503-0.924), and the intrareader agreement was almost perfect for each reader (R1: ICC, 0.995; 95% CI, 0.991 to 0.998; R2: ICC, 0.995; 95% CI, 0.988 to 0.997; R3: ICC, 0.996; 95% CI, 0.992 to 0.998; R4: ICC, 0.985; 95% CI, 0.971 to 0.992).Conclusion: 3D-CEUS volume calculations provided consistent measurements across different readers with almost perfect intrareader agreement.
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Bartolotta, T.V., Sidoti Pinto, A., Cannella, R., Porrello, G., Taravella, R., Randazzo, A., et al. (2021). Focal liver lesions: interobserver and intraobserver agreement of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound-assisted volume measurements. ULTRASONOGRAPHY, 40(3), 333-341 [10.14366/usg.20025].
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