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We use intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), scatter plots and Bland\u2013Altman plots to evaluate the correlation and agreement of the two techniques. In addition, intra- and inter-observer reliability in volume measurement of ablation lesions with SMI mode was assessed.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>SMI mode and CEUS mode have good agreement in the evaluation of ablative completeness. The ICC was 0.876 and 0.928 of reader A and reader B between SMI mode and CEUS mode in terms of ablation lesions volume measurement. There was a strong correlation between the two modes in both reader A and reader B (r<jats:sub>A<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20090.808; r<jats:sub>B<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20090.882). The ICC was 0.836 for the inter-observer reliability of SMI technique. The scatter plot showed a good linear relation (r\u2009=\u20090.715). In the Bland\u2013Altman plot, 4.35% (1\/23) of the points was outside the 95% limits of agreement. The ICC was 0.965 for the intra-observer reliability of SMI technique, the scatter plot also showed a strong linear correlation (r\u2009=\u20090.965). In the Bland\u2013Altman plot, 8.70% (2\/23) of the points was outside the 95% limits of agreement.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>SMI and CEUS have good agreement and correlation in the ablation volume measurement. SMI technology is expected to be applied as an alternative to CEUS in the clinical follow-up of ablation lesions.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12880-021-00697-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]],"date-time":"2021-11-22T16:06:09Z","timestamp":1637597169000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Correlation and agreement between superb micro-vascular imaging and contrast-enhanced ultrasound for assessing radiofrequency ablation treatment of thyroid nodules: a preliminary study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Yu","family":"Lan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Nan","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Qing","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Ming-bo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Yu-kun","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"697_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1089\/thy.2015.0020","volume":"26","author":"BR Haugen","year":"2016","unstructured":"Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, et al. 2015 American Thyroid Association management guidelines for adult patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer: the American thyroid association guidelines task force on thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid Cancer. 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