Statistical Analysis of Reader Measurement Variability in Nodule Sizing with CT Phantom Imaging Data

Published

November 23, 2012

Author(s)

John Lu, Charles D. Fenimore, Nicholas Petrick, Rongping Zeng, Marios A. Gavrielides, David Clunie, Kristin Borradaile, Robert Ford, Hyun J. Kim, Michael McNitt-Gray, Binsheng Zhao, Andrew Buckler

Abstract

RSNA has conducted a phantom quantitative imaging biomarker (QIBA) study to assess reader measurement variability of both spherical and non-spherical nodules using CT imaging. Statistical analysis of intra-reader and inter-reader variability of volume measurements is performed. We argue that unlike conventional approach in the literature there is a need to examine the measurement performance at each nodule level in terms of shape and size as important covariates before one can aggregate to get the overall performance. We recommend the data analysis strategy based on careful data graphics and meaningful statistics metrics. We think the approach based on careful definition of metrology concepts to be important, not only for this study but also important for QIBA studies on quantitative imaging analysis on objects of vastly different shapes or sizes with severely limited data on experiments with complex factor settings.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7879

Report Number

7879

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

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NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Quantitative imaging as biomarkers, measurement variability, analysis of variance, quantitative image analysis, measurement effect of nodule shape and size.

Citation

Lu, J. , Fenimore, C. , Petrick, N. , Zeng, R. , Gavrielides, M. , Clunie, D. , Borradaile, K. , Ford, R. , Kim, H. , McNitt-Gray, M. , Zhao, B. and Buckler, A. (2012), Statistical Analysis of Reader Measurement Variability in Nodule Sizing with CT Phantom Imaging Data, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7879 (Accessed December 11, 2024)