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Table 2 Intra- and inter-reader coefficient of variation of the BTV

From: A novel semiautomated method for background activity and biological tumour volume definition to improve standardisation of 18F-FET PET imaging in glioblastoma

CoV BTV

Mirror-image [median (range)]

Guided crescent-shape [median (range)]

p value

Intra-reader variability

   

 Overall group

0% (0–3.88%)

6.77% (0–65.23%)

 < 0.0001

  Reader #1

0% (0–2.51%)

3.02% (1.33–48.74%)

0.002

  Reader #2

0% (0–2.51%)

8.36% (2.16–32.16%)

0.002

  Reader #3

0% (0–0.65%)

6.73% (1.62–18.28%)

0.002

  Reader #4

0% (0–0.52%)

4.14% (0.70–52.65%)

0.002

  Reader #5

0% (0–0.65%)

5.30% (2.20–21.56%)

0.002

  Reader #6

0% (0–3.88%)

13.72% (0–65.23%)

0.004

  Reader #7

0% (0–0.66%)

12.91% (3.96–31.97%)

0.002

Inter-reader variability

   

 Overall group

0.05% (0–36.00%)

14.37% (5.03–36.30%)

0.002