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Table 2 Interobserver variation between the routine and protocol groups from nine clinicians

From: Interobserver variability in target volume delineation in definitive radiotherapy for thoracic esophageal cancer: a multi-center study from China

 

Dice similarity coefficient (95% CI)

Routine

Protocol

P

Case 1

GTV-T

0.86 (0.82–0.89)

0.91 (0.86–0.96)

.013

GTV-N

0.51 (0.39–0.62)

0.67 (0.53–0.80)

.022

CTV

0.83 (0.79–0.86)

0.87 (0.84–0.89)

.077

Case 2

GTV-T

0.81 (0.79–0.84)

0.83 (0.78–0.89)

.130

GTV-Na

0.38 (0.18–0.59)

0.55 (0.39–0.71)

.260

CTV

0.74 (0.66–0.83)

0.79 (0.75–0.84)

.084

Case 3

GTV-T

0.79 (0.75–0.84)

0.84 (0.78–0.91)

.190

GTV-N

0.37 (0.32–0.42)

0.64 (0.45–0.83)

.005

CTV

0.63 (0.53–0.74)

0.72 (0.62–0.81)

.004

  1. CI confidence interval
  2. aGTV-N paired Mann–Whitney U test