Research Article

Statistical Evaluations of the Reproducibility and Reliability of 3-Tesla High Resolution Magnetization Transfer Brain Images: A Pilot Study on Healthy Subjects

Table 10

Sensitivity analysis of 6 different interobserver ICCs.

Region of InterestICC (1,1)ICC (2,1)ICC (3, 1)ICC (1, 2)ICC (2, 2)ICC (3, 2)

Interobserver ICC at Time 1

Genu0.8700.8790.8660.9310.9350.928
Splenium0.4970.4630.5370.6640.6330.699
Left Hippocampus0.6530.6050.6930.7900.7540.819
Left Caudate0.5620.5420.5800.7190.7030.734
Left Putamen0.8710.8740.8690.9310.9330.930
Left Thalamus 0.1140.410 0.2050.581
Left Cerebral White Matter0.3820.3850.3780.5530.5560.549
Right Hippocampus0.6600.6690.6530.7950.8020.790
Right Caudate0.1780.1800.2090.3020.3060.346
Right Putamen0.7250.7320.7200.8400.8450.837
Right Thalamus 0.0790.264 0.1460.417
Right Cerebral White Matter0.6300.6210.6370.7730.7660.779

Interobserver ICC at Time 2

Genu0.7220.7150.7260.8380.8340.841
Splenium0.7580.7570.7580.8620.8620.863
Left Hippocampus0.7920.7850.7960.8840.8800.886
Left Caudate0.9050.9090.9020.9500.9520.949
Left Putamen0.9610.9590.9620.9800.9790.980
Left Thalamus0.2970.2390.8550.4580.3850.922
Left Cerebral White Matter0.9280.9260.9290.9630.9620.963
Right Hippocampus0.6400.6200.6560.7810.7650.793
Right Caudate0.8760.8840.8720.9340.9380.932
Right Putamen0.8840.8870.8820.9380.9400.937
Right Thalamus0.4190.3470.5720.5910.5160.728
Right Cerebral White Matter0.8890.8760.8960.9410.9340.945