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Cohen\u2019s \u03ba was used to test agreement, and values of 0\u20130.20 were considered poor, 0.20\u20130.40 fair, 0.40\u20130.60 moderate, 0.60\u20130.80 good, and 0.80\u20131 excellent.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>With an agreement of &gt; 80%, consensus-based definitions were obtained for the 4 elementary lesions highlighted in the literature review: tophi, aggregates, erosions, and double contour (DC). In static images interobserver reliability ranged from moderate to almost perfect, and similar results were found for the intrareader reliability. In patients the intraobserver agreement was good for all lesions except DC (moderate). 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