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Table 3 Inter-reader agreement for different imaging techniques

From: Incorporation of CAD (computer-aided detection) with thin-slice lung CT in routine 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging read-out protocol for detection of lung nodules

 

Kappa

95% confidence interval

FDG PET

0.93

(0.85, 1.00)

lCT

0.84

(0.75, 0.93)

dCT

0.85

(0.76, 0.93)

CADs

0.91

(0.84, 0.97)

  1. FDG PET 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
  2. lCT low-dose computed tomography, dCT diagnostic lung CT, CADp Computer-aided detection