ArticleInsights into imaging2023
Inter-vendor and inter-observer reliability of diffusion tensor imaging in the musculoskeletal system: a multiscanner MR study.
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- Can MRI predict return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction? A systematic review of the literature.La Radiologia medica · 2025Pooled it
- Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in the Musculoskeletal System: Evolving Role in Modern Imaging Practice.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Standardizing quantitative muscle MRI: an inter-vendor evaluation in healthy adults.Magma (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Meralgia paresthetica: from qualitative ultrasound assessment to quantitative multimodality imaging.Journal of ultrasonography · 2026Review
- Technologies to investigate the mechanisms of force-based manipulations: a narrative methods review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From Voxels to Physiology: A Review of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications in Skeletal Muscle.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2025Review
- Stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) diffusion tensor imaging with different diffusion encoding times in the supraspinatus muscle: Test-retest reliability and comparison to spin echo diffusion tensor imaging.NMR in biomedicine · 2025Article
- A framework of biomarkers for skeletal muscle aging: a consensus statement by the Aging Biomarker Consortium.Life medicine · 2024Article
- Quantitative and Compositional MRI of the Articular Cartilage: A Narrative Review.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate the inter-observer and inter-vendor reliability of diffusion tensor imaging parameters in the musculoskeletal system.
methodsThis prospective study included six healthy volunteers three men (mean age: 42; range: 31-52 years) and three women (mean age: 36; range: 30-44 years). Each subject was scanned using different 3 Tesla magnetic resonance scanners from three different vendors at three different sites bilaterally. First, the intra-class correlation coefficient was used to determine between-observers agreement for overall measurements and clinical sites. Next, between-group comparisons were made through the nonparametric Friedman's test. Finally, the Bland-Altman method was used to determine agreement among the three scanner measurements, comparing them two by two.
resultsA total of 792 measurement were calculated. ICC reported high levels of agreement between the two observers. ICC related to MD, FA, and RD measurements ranged from 0.88 (95% CI 0.85-0.90) to 0.95 (95% CI 0.94-0.96), from 0.85 (95% CI 0.81-0.88) to 0.95 (95% CI 0.93-0.96), and from 0.89 (0.85-0.90) to 0.92 (0.90-0.94). No statistically significant inter-vendor differences were observed. The Bland-Altmann method confirmed a high correlation between parameter values.
conclusionAn excellent inter-observer and inter-vendor reliability was found in our study.
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