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01.08.2013 | Original Article
Interobserver Agreement for the Detection of Barrett’s Esophagus with Optical Frequency Domain Imaging
verfasst von:
Jenny Sauk, Emmanuel Coron, Lauren Kava, Melissa Suter, Michalina Gora, Kevin Gallagher, Mireille Rosenberg, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, Norman Nishioka, Gregory Lauwers, Kevin Woods, William Brugge, David Forcione, Brett E. Bouma, Guillermo Tearney
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 8/2013
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Abstract
Background
Optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) is a second-generation form of optical coherence tomography (OCT) providing comprehensive cross-sectional views of the distal esophagus at a resolution of ~7 μm.
Aim
Using validated OCT criteria for squamous mucosa, gastric cardia mucosa, and Barrett’s esophagus (BE), the objective of this study was to determine the inter- and intra-observer agreements by a large number of OFDI readers for differentiating these tissues.
Methods
OFDI images were obtained from nine subjects undergoing screening and surveillance for BE. Sixty-four OFDI image regions of interest were randomly selected for review. A training set of 19 images was compiled distinguishing squamous mucosa from gastric cardia and BE using previously validated OCT criteria. The ten readers then interpreted images in a test set of 45 different images of squamous mucosa (n = 15), gastric cardia (n = 15), or BE (n = 15). Interobserver agreement differentiating the three tissue types and BE versus non-BE mucosa was determined using multi-rater Fleiss’s κ value. The images were later randomized again and four readers repeated the test 3 weeks later to assess intraobserver reliability.
Results
All ten readers showed excellent agreement for the differentiation of BE versus non-BE mucosa (κ = 0.811 p < 0.0001) and for differentiating BE versus gastric cardia versus squamous mucosa (κ = 0.866, p < 0.0001). For the four readers who repeated the test, the median intraobserver agreement (BE vs. non-BE) was high (κ = 0.975, IQR: 0.94, 1.0).
Conclusions
Trained readers have a high interobserver agreement for differentiating BE, squamous, and gastric cardia mucosa using OFDI.