TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kim, Nancy
TI  - Inter-reader agreement of the Society of Abdominal Radiology-American Gastroenterological Association (SAR-AGA) consensus reporting for key phenotypes at MR enterography in adults with Crohn disease: impact of radiologist experience
PY  - 2021///
KW  - *Crohn Disease
KW  - *Radiology
KW  - Adult
KW  - Consensus
KW  - Crohn Disease/dg [Diagnostic Imaging]
KW  - Humans
KW  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW  - Observer Variation
KW  - Phenotype
KW  - Radiologists
KW  - Reproducibility of Results
KW  - Retrospective Studies
KW  - United States
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Radiology
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - CONCLUSION: There was strong to almost-perfect inter-reader agreement for key CD phenotypes described in the SAR-AGA consensus recommendations including active ileum and proximal small bowel inflammation, stricture, penetrating disease, abscess, and perianal abscess. Areas of lower inter-reader agreement could be targeted for future education efforts to further standardize CD MRE reporting. Dedicated perianal sequences should be included on follow-up MRE. Copyright (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature; METHODS: Two experienced and two less-experienced radiologists retrospectively evaluated 99 MRE in CD patients (50 initial MRE, 49 follow-up MRE) performed from 1/1/2019 to 3/20/2020 for the presence of active bowel inflammation (stomach, proximal small bowel, ileum, colon), stricture, probable stricture, penetrating disease, and perianal disease. The MRE protocol did not include dedicated perianal sequences. Inter-rater agreement was determined for each imaging feature using prevalence-adjusted bias-adjusted kappa and compared by experience level; PURPOSE: To assess inter-reader agreement of key features from the SAR-AGA recommendations for the interpretation and reporting of MRE in adult patients with CD, focusing on the impact of radiologist experience on inter-reader agreement of CD phenotypes; RESULTS: All readers had almost-perfect inter-reader agreement (kappa > 0.90) for penetrating disease, abscess, and perianal abscess in all 99 CD patients. All readers had strong inter-reader agreement (kappa: 0.80-0.90) in 99 CD patients for active ileum inflammation, proximal small bowel inflammation, and stricture. Less-experienced readers had significantly lower inter-reader agreement for active ileum inflammation on initial than follow-up MRE (kappa 0.68 versus 0.96, p = 0.018) and for strictures on follow-up than initial MRE (kappa 0.76 versus 1.0, p = 0.027). Experienced readers had significantly lower agreement for perianal fistula on follow-up than initial MRE (kappa: 0.55 versus 0.92, p = 0.008)
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00261-021-03229-y
ER  -