Table 4:

Interrater reliability for each MRI sequence individually and combined using the κ coefficient

κAgreementa
Sagittal T1 (n = 418)0.28Fair
Axial T2 (n = 71)0.34Fair
Axial GRE (n = 420)0.40Fair
Axial FLAIR (n = 417)0.34Fair
Axial DWI (n = 421)0.33Fair
Axial CE-SE-T1WI (n = 241)0.42Moderate
Axial CE-3D-T1WI (n = 199)0.41Moderate
MRI total (n = 429)0.50Moderate
  • a Agreement was considered slight if κ values were 0–0.20; fair if, 0.21–0.40; moderate if, 0.41–0.60; substantial if, 0.61–0.80; and almost perfect if, 0.81–1.