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Subjective methods of interpretation have been shown to correlate highly with semi‐quantitative techniques [102]. Subjective evaluation for fracture assessment is generally made in greyscale. For thoracic spine assessment, the blue, green and red colour display has been reported to have greater sensitivity for detecting IRU than continuous greyscale [103]. As with all image interpretation, the experience of the interpreter has a significant bearing.

In contrast with human studies [19, 28], qualitative and quantitative analyses of equine tibial stress fractures demonstrated no correlation between grades of IRU, lameness or radiographic findings [104]. There was also no correlation between calculated ratios and lameness grade at presentation or performance outcome [105].