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Table 1 Evaluated quality criteria and the overall evaluability of all images

From: Ultrasound of the infant hip: manual fixation is equivalent to Graf’s technique regarding image quality—a randomized trial

Quality criteria All images

Fixation device Evaluable

No fixation device Evaluable

Fixation device Not evaluable

No fixation device Not evaluable

Total no. of evaluated images

Landmark 1

118 (96.7%)

107 (99.1%)

4 (3.3%)

1 (0.9%)

230

Landmark 2

108 (88.5%)

96 (88.9%)

14 (11.5%)

12 (11.1%)

230

Landmark 3

118 (96.7%)

107 (99.1%)

4 (3.3%)

1 (0.9%)

230

Chondroosseous border

122

108

0

0

230

Femoral head

122

108

0

0

230

Synovial fold

122

108

0

0

230

Joint capsule

122

108

0

0

230

Concavity-convexity

122

108

0

0

230

Bony roof line

118 (96.7%)

107 (99.1%)

4 (3.3%)

1 (0.9%)

230

Base line

109 (89.3%)

96 (88.9%)

13 (10.7%)

12 (11.1%)

230

Cartilaginous roof line

122

108

0

0

230

Overall evaluability

120 (98.4%)

105 (97.2%)

2 (1.6%)

3 (2.8%)

230