Quantitative assessment of gray-level perception: observers' accuracy is dependent on density differences

Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology : the Official Journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
M Smith-LevitinF A Chervenak

Abstract

Sonographic image density represents tissue echogenicity, or the acoustic nature of scanned tissue. It has the potential to distinguish normal from abnormal tissue. Humans are poor assessors of tissue echogenicity, yet their abilities have not been quantitatively compared to more objective methods. We compared the accuracy of image density differentiation by the human eye and by densitometry in the fetal liver model. A group of 60 observers was asked to compare the echogenicity of three pairs of images of a fetal liver. Twenty-three repeated the comparison several weeks later. Image density was measured by electro-optical densitometry. The two-tailed signed rank test was used to compare the observer's perceptions with the density values and the repeated observations with the original responses. The density of each fetal liver image in pair A was the same. Image B1 had a 12.3% lower density than image B2, and image C1 had a 6.3% greater density than image C2. Observers were accurate more often when comparing images with large density differences (pair B) than they were when comparing images with the same density (pair A) or with small density differences (pair C). Accuracy was not related to being medically qualified or from an ...Continue Reading

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