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Table 1 Intra- and interobserver agreement for SII measurement with different field strengths and vendors (Flip angle = 70°)

From: Chemical shift MR imaging in the lumbar vertebra: the effect of field strength, scanner vendors and flip angles in repeatability of signal intensity index measurement

Agreement

Siemens

GE

Toshiba

Reader 1/First time Reader 2/Second time

Reader 1/First time

Reader 2/Second time

Reader 1/First time Reader 2/Second time

Intraobserver

0.935 (0.912, 0.952)

0.896 (0.860, 0.923)

0.961 (0.947, 0.973)

0.930 (0.905, 0.948)

0.972 (0.962, 0.989)

0.906 (0.874, 0.930)

Interobserver

0.983 (0.954, 0.995)

0.916 (0.885, 0.938)

0.954 (0.893, 0.971)

0.952 (0.935, 0.965)

0.976 (0.967, 0.982)

0.932 (0.878, 0.964)

  1. SII, Signal intensity index; Note. —Data in parentheses are 95% LOA