Maeda Adriano Keijiro, Aguiar Luiz Roberto, Martins Carolina, Bichinho Gerson Linck, Gariba Munir Antônio
Postgraduate Health Technology Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2013 Aug;71(8):540-4. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20130084.
To compare two different methods for measuring intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) volume: the ellipse volume (called ABC/2), and the software-aided planimetric.
Four observers evaluated 20 brain computed tomography (CT) scans with spontaneous ICH. Each professional measured the volume using the ABC/2 and the planimetric methods. The average volumes were obtained, and the intra- and inter-rater variability was determined.
There is an absolute 2.24 cm3 average difference between both methodologies. Volumes yielded by the ABC/2 method were as much as 14.9% smaller than by the planimetric one. An intra-observer variability rate of 0.46% was found for the planimetric method and 0.18% for the ABC/2. The inter-observer rates were 1.69 and 1.11% respectively.
Both methods are reproducible. The ABC/2 yielded hemorrhage volumes as much as 14.9% smaller than those measured using the planimetric methodology.
比较两种测量脑出血(ICH)体积的不同方法:椭圆体积法(称为ABC/2法)和软件辅助面积测量法。
四名观察者评估了20例自发性脑出血的脑部计算机断层扫描(CT)。每位专业人员使用ABC/2法和面积测量法测量体积。获得平均体积,并确定观察者内和观察者间的变异性。
两种方法之间的平均绝对差异为2.24 cm³。ABC/2法得出的体积比面积测量法小14.9%。面积测量法的观察者内变异率为0.46%,ABC/2法为0.18%。观察者间变异率分别为1.69%和1.11%。
两种方法均可重复。ABC/2法得出的出血体积比使用面积测量法测量的体积小14.9%。