Table 2:

Accuracy and precision of MR imaging measurements

No.aMeanbB-AcB-A (%)dt TestePSEMfCVSEMgrhP
PCF16528.610.0220.080.171.1484.010.059
Cerebral FOD16856.77−3.258−5.74−18.53<.011.6112.840.158<.05
Cerebral BPD16942.12−1.263−3.00−11.68<.010.9952.36−0.141
Vermian APD1677.080.0140.200.210.6118.640.192<.05
Cerebellar LLD16621.81−1.020−4.68−10.41<.010.8934.090.111
Vermian CCD16810.13−0.934−9.22−13.29<.010.6446.36−0.004
CSA16872.251.0201.411.775.2787.300.192<.05
LCC15217.970.1760.981.750.8784.890.071
LCC/cerebral FOD (%)15131.692.2527.1111.87<.011.6485.200.238<.01
Thecal FOD16763.470.3600.572.97<.011.1061.740.002
Thecal BPD16949.740.6821.374.45<.011.4102.830.106
Mesencephalic APD1184.460.1974.413.08<.010.49010.990.143
Pontine APD1596.69−0.074−1.10−1.340.4917.340.241<.01
Pontine CCD1587.53−0.384−5.10−6.24<.010.5477.270.184<.05
Lateral ventricles1616.760.5688.408.15<.010.6259.25−0.214<.01
  • Note:—SEM indicates standard error of the measurements; APD, antero-posterior diameter; BPD, biparietal diameter; CCD, cranio-caudal diameter; CV, coefficient of variation; CSA, clivosupraoccipital angle; LCC, length of the corpus callosum; LLD, latero-lateral diameter; FOD, fronto-occipital diameter; PCF, latero-lateral diameter of the posterior cranial fossa.

  • a The number of observations.

  • b Mean of all measurements.

  • c Mean difference between assessor B and assessor A (difference in accuracy of assessors A and B).

  • d Percentage interassessor difference [100 × (B−A) / mean].

  • e t test for difference in B−A.

  • f Measuring error—that is, the SD of the measures of the same fetus (lack of precision).

  • g Measuring error expressed as coefficient of variation (%) of (100 × SEM / mean).

  • h Correlation coefficient between interassessor B−A difference and the mean of the measurements made on a single fetus.