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Table 6 Average ratings from Rater 1 and 2 on images from EOS and digital radiography

From: Radiation dose of digital radiography (DR) versus micro-dose x-ray (EOS) on patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: 2016 SOSORT- IRSSD “John Sevastic Award” Winner in Imaging Research

 

Rater 1 EOS

Rater 1 DR

P value

Rater 2 EOS

Rater 2 DR

p-value

Rotation (0–3)

2.8

2.5

0.15

2.7

2.4

0.07

Tilting (0–3)

2.6

2.4

0.58

2.7

2.6

0.78

Collimation (0–4)

3.0

2.7

0.01*

2.9

2.6

0.01*

Collimation marks seen (0–3)

0.0

0.0

1.00

0.0

0.0

1.00

Presence of holder’s hands (0–3)

3.0

3.0

1.00

3.0

3.0

1.00

Gonad/additional lead protection (0–3)

0.0

0.0

1.00

0.0

0.0

1.00

Artefacts (0–3)

3.0

2.8

0.16

2.8

2.7

0.49

Details (0–3)

2.0

2.8

0.001*

2.2

2.7

0.01*

Density (0–4)

4.0

3.7

0.53

3.7

3.6

0.45

Overall rating

20.2

20.0

0.98

20.1

19.6

0.90

  1. *indicates statistically significant difference at 0.05 level