Polyp Measurement Using CT Colonography: Agreement with Colonoscopy and Effect of Viewing Conditions on Interobserver and Intraobserver Agreement
David Burling1,
Steve Halligan1,2,
Stuart Taylor1,2,
Duncan J. Brennand1,
Douglas G. Altman3,
Paul Bassett4,
Wendy Atkin1 and
Clive I. Bartram1
1 Intestinal Imaging Centre, St. Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, England HA1
3UJ.
3 Medical Statistics Group, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Institute of
Health Sciences, Oxford, England.
4 Consultant, Ruislip, Middlesex, England.

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Fig. 1A 65-year-old man with sigmoid polyp who underwent CT colonography on
4-MDCT scanner with collimation of 1.25 mm, pitch of 1.5, and 100 mA. NAVG =
navigator. Two-dimensional colonography window view, show 6-mm sigmoid
polyp.
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Fig. 1B 65-year-old man with sigmoid polyp who underwent CT colonography on
4-MDCT scanner with collimation of 1.25 mm, pitch of 1.5, and 100 mA. NAVG =
navigator. 2D abdominal window view, show 6-mm sigmoid polyp.
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Fig. 1C 65-year-old man with sigmoid polyp who underwent CT colonography on
4-MDCT scanner with collimation of 1.25 mm, pitch of 1.5, and 100 mA. NAVG =
navigator. 3D surface-rendered view show 6-mm sigmoid polyp.
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Fig. 2A Bland-Altman dot plots showing agreement between CT measurements and
colonoscopy reference for each observer grouped according to visualization
display (A) and per observer 1 to 4 (B). Effect of visualization
display on polyp diameter measurement.
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Fig. 2B Bland-Altman dot plots showing agreement between CT measurements and
colonoscopy reference for each observer grouped according to visualization
display (A) and per observer 1 to 4 (B). Interobserver
agreement. Colon = colonography, abdo = abdominal.
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Fig. 3A Bland-Altman dot plots showing intraobserver agreements, grouped
according to visualization display (A) and per observer 1 to 4
(B). Effect of visualization display on intraobserver agreement.
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Fig. 3B Bland-Altman dot plots showing intraobserver agreements, grouped
according to visualization display (A) and per observer 1 to 4
(B). Intraobserver agreement. Colon = colonography, abdo =
abdominal.
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