THE EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO BLIND, NON-EXPERIENCED OBSERVERS IN THE ...

@inproceedings{349570,
   author = {Blahuta, Jiří and Lavrinčík, Jan and Pavlík, Lukáš and Repaská, Zuzana and Soukup, Tomáš},
   address = {Hradec Králové},
   booktitle = {MMK 2021, Mezinárodní Masarykova konference pro doktorandy a mladé vědecké pracovníky},
   keywords = {thyroid gland ultrasound; ultrasound image processing; echogenicity index; Bimages; endocrinology ultrasound},
   howpublished = {elektronická verze "online"},
   language = {eng},
   location = {Hradec Králové},
   isbn = {978-80-87952-35-1},
   pages = {957-964},
   publisher = {Magnanimitas, Hradec Králové},
   title = {THE EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO BLIND, NON-EXPERIENCED OBSERVERS IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE ECHOGENICITY INDEX IN ULTRASOUND B-IMAGES OF THE THYROID GLAND},
   year = {2021}
}

TY  - JOUR
ID  - 349570
AU  - Blahuta, Jiří - Lavrinčík, Jan - Pavlík, Lukáš - Repaská, Zuzana - Soukup, Tomáš
PY  - 2021
TI  - THE EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO BLIND, NON-EXPERIENCED OBSERVERS IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE ECHOGENICITY INDEX IN ULTRASOUND B-IMAGES OF THE THYROID GLAND
PB  - Magnanimitas, Hradec Králové
CY  - Hradec Králové
SN  - 9788087952351
KW  - thyroid gland ultrasound
KW  - ultrasound image processing
KW  - echogenicity index
KW  - Bimages
KW  - endocrinology ultrasound
N2  - Recently, the authors have published studies focused on the echogenicity index analyzed in ultrasound B-images using own software designed to analysis of ultrasound B-images, developed since 2012. The studies have been focused on selected brain structures and the echogenicity index was firstly used in analysis of atherosclerotic plaques using B-imaging. The almost perfect reproducibility between two blind observers was confirmed. In this study focused on B-imaging of the thyroid gland, the authors analyze the reproducibility of the echogenicity index in a free-hand Region of Interest of the thyroid gland tumor. Overall, 102 images were processed. Both of the observers are non-experienced in sonography; the main goal of this study is to ascertain the level of agreement between results when the same ROI is used. The results repeatedly ascertained the almost perfect level of agreement of the echogenicity index for ultrasound B-images analysis in different structures. The correlation coefficient r=0.98 and the average absolute error between echogenicity index values is under 15 %. In this phase, the clinical point of view is not evaluated; only the reproducibility of the echogenicity index is judged. The echogenicity index will be analyzed to see if there is any relation between the echogenicity index and tumor type. All achieved results will be checked by an experienced sonographer for future clinical studies
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BLAHUTA, Jiří, Jan LAVRINČÍK, Lukáš PAVLÍK, Zuzana REPASKÁ a Tomáš SOUKUP. THE EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO BLIND, NON-EXPERIENCED OBSERVERS IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE ECHOGENICITY INDEX IN ULTRASOUND B-IMAGES OF THE THYROID GLAND. Online. In \textit{MMK 2021, Mezinárodní Masarykova konference pro doktorandy a mladé vědecké pracovníky}. Hradec Králové: Magnanimitas, Hradec Králové, 2021, s.~957-964. ISBN~978-80-87952-35-1.