N. | Definition Statement | Percentage agreement, % |
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1 | Physiological vascularity can be detected by PD as Doppler signal in the joint structures at any age during growth | 100 |
2 | Physiological intraarticular vascularity can be detected in children within the fat pads and unossified joint structures (i.e., the physis, the cartilage of epiphysis and the short bones cartilage) | 85.7 |
3 | Detection of physiological vascularity and its intraarticular anatomical position is joint and age (particularly in the youngest children) dependent | 85.7 |
4 | Physis can be detected in children as an anechoic unossified structure, intra- or extra-articular according to its anatomical location | 85.7 |
5 | Fat pad can be detected as an intra-articular structure with heterogeneous echotexture (similar to the subcutaneous tissue) which might show vascularity | 92.9 |
6 | In different age groups of children, due to the skeletal development, ossification centers can be detected with different maturation state | 100 |
7 | Ossification grade is age and joint dependent | 92.9 |