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  • PURPOSE: To investigate the inter-reader agreement in assessing high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. METHOD: Seventy-seven consecutive patients (mean age, 64 ± 15 years) with mild COVID-19 pneumonia that underwent HRCT were retrospectively included. Three radiologists [two devoted to thoracic imaging (R1, R2), and one generalist (R3)] on a per-examination basis independently assessed ground-glass opacity (GGO), consolidation, and crazy-paving pattern. The extent of each feature (total feature score, TFS) was semi-quantitatively assessed, and each TFS summed up to obtain total lung score (TLS). Presence of organizing pneumonia (OP) pattern was also recorded. The inter-reader agreement was calculated with Cohen’s Kappa (k) and Free-Marginal Multirater k. Multivariable analysis was run to determine whether imaging features were predictive of short-term evolution to severe disease (need for ventilation). RESULTS: Most features showed substantial inter-reader agreement, including TLS > 6 (k = 0.69), which was an independent predictor of short-term occurrence of severe disease, regardless of the reader (OR 9–53.19). Consolidation TFS > 2 and OP pattern showed substantial and moderate agreement, respectively, only when comparing R1 and R2. Consolidation TFS > 2 and OP pattern were independent predictors of severe disease for R2 (OR 4.87) and R1 (OR 6), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The inter-reader agreement for most HRCT features of COVID-19 pneumonia ranges moderate-to-substantial, though it depends on readers’ experience in the case of consolidation and OP pattern.
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?:doi
  • 10.1007/s11547-020-01320-w
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?:journal
  • Radiol_Med
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/e3589ed76003b9f804c3b45a36c2944649f90d56.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7778575.xml.json
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  • 33389557.0
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  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Inter-reader agreement of high-resolution computed tomography findings in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: A multi-reader study
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  • 2021-01-03

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