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Table 4 The interobserver variability for radiological features

From: Value of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI for microvascular invasion of small hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective study

  Kappa CI 95%
Non-enhancement
Mosaic architecture 0.763 0.545–0.981
Intralesional fat 0.893 0.777–1.000
Intratumor hemorrhage 0.816 0.569–1.000
Iso/Hyper-intense SI (T1WI) 0.876 0.740–1.000
T2-DW mismatch 0.703 0.390–1.000
Morphology (T2WI) 0.871 0.775–0.966
Enhancement without HBP
AP hyper-enhancement 0.876 0.741–1.000
Washout 0.800 0.657–0.943
Rim enhancement 0.749 0.561–0.936
Capsule enhancement 0.844 0.718–0.970
AP halo sign 0.760 0.582–0.937
HBP   
HBP high uptake 0.926 0.826–1.000
HBP halo sign 0.857 0.664–1.000
HBP morphology 0.951 0.894–1.000
HBP spicule sign 0.876 0.741–1.000
HBP brush sign 0.858 0.704–1.000
  1. k = 0.00–0.20, poor agreement; k = 0.21–0.40, fair agreement; k = 0.41–0.60, moderate agreement; k = 0.61–0.80, good agreement; k = 0.81–1.00, excellent agreement. T1WI, T1-weighted; AP, arterial phase; T2-DW: T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted imaging; T2WI, T2-weighted; HBP, hepatobiliary phase
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