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. 2023 Mar 9;36(4):1291–1301. doi: 10.1007/s10278-022-00767-9

Table 4.

CT and MR image classification sensitivity and specificity by body region. n = number of images

CT MRI
Body Region n F1 (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) n F1 (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI)
Overall 262,326 92.5 (92.2–92.8) 92.5 (92.1–92.8) 99.4 (99.4–99.5) 118,829 92.2 (91.9–92.5) 92.3 (92.0–92.5) 99.2 (99.1–99.2)
Abdomen 22,302 96.2 (93.1–98.6) 96.7 (96.1–97.3) 98.7 (98.6–98.8) 17,517 90.1 (89.6–90.6) 92.4 (91.7–93.0) 97.5 (97.3–97.6)
Arm 14,430 93.9 (89.1–97.5) 94.1 (92.9–95.3) 99.2 (99.1–99.3) 3815 91.6 (90.5–92.7) 88.8 (87.1–90.5) 99.8 (99.8–99.8)
Breast - - - - 20,501 100.0 (100.0–100.0) 100.0 (100.0–100.0) 100.0 (100.0–100.0)
Calf 12,308 94.7 (91.9–97.0) 93.0 (91.7–94.3) 99.7 (99.6–99.7) 3299 93.2 (92.2–94.3) 95.7 (94.5–96.9) 99.6 (99.6–99.7)
Chest 27,968 96.4 (93.5–98.7) 96.9 (96.3–97.6) 98.9 (98.8–99.0) 13,010 89.6 (88.9–90.2) 89.2 (88.4–90.1) 98.5 (98.4–98.7)
Cervical spine 11,993 87.1 (85.4–88.8) 78.0 (76.0–80.0) 99.9 (99.9–99.9) 3607 75.0 (72.6–77.5) 62.3 (59.3–65.5) 99.9 (99.9–99.9)
Elbow 11,288 91.6 (87.5–94.6) 88.0 (86.0–90.0) 99.6 (99.6–99.7) 4615 91.8 (90.7–92.9) 91.2 (89.6–92.7) 99.7 (99.6–99.7)
Foot 13,137 92.0 (90.2–93.6) 86.5 (84.8–88.2) 99.9 (99.8–99.9) 3178 95.3 (94.2–96.4) 94.8 (93.3–96.4) 99.9 (99.9–99.9)
Forearm 8232 89.3 (83.9–93.8) 86.6 (84.3–88.8) 99.5 (99.5–99.6) 3546 88.8 (87.4–90.1) 86.0 (84.1–87.9) 99.7 (99.7–99.8)
Hand 11,321 95.0 (91.4–97.9) 94.9 (93.7–96.2) 99.6 (99.5–99.6) 6699 95.9 (95.2–96.6) 96.3 (95.4–97.3) 99.8 (99.7–99.8)
Head 29,066 99.1 (98.7–99.5) 98.7 (98.3–99.1) 99.9 (99.9–99.9) 7633 97.3 (96.7–97.9) 99.3 (98.8–99.7) 99.7 (99.7–99.8)
Knee 10,721 93.7 (89.0–97.5) 94.0 (92.7–95.3) 99.4 (99.3–99.4) 3649 95.2 (94.3–96.2) 95.8 (94.5–97.0) 99.8 (99.8–99.9)
Lumbar spine 16,100 95.9 (94.4–97.2) 93.6 (92.4–94.8) 99.8 (99.8–99.9) 4556 96.5 (95.7–97.2) 97.0 (96.0–98.0) 98.8 (99.8–99.9)
Neck 19,292 93.4 (88.1–97.6) 94.4 (93.3–95.5) 98.9 (98.8–99.0) 4363 77.5 (75.5–79.3) 86.1 (83.7–88.6) 98.9 (98.8–99.0)
Pelvis 13,886 90.9 (89.0–92.6) 84.9 (83.2–86.6) 99.8 (99.7–99.8) 11,632 92.3 (91.6–92.9) 90.3 (89.4–91.3) 99.4 (99.3–99.5)
Shoulder 13,266 92.7 (90.3–94.7) 88.6 (86.9–90.2) 99.8 (99.7–99.8) 5599 95.4 (94.7–96.2) 98.6 (98.0–99.2) 99.6 (99.6–99.7)
Thigh 14,409 94.0 (92.8–95.1) 89.4 (88.0–90.8) 99.9 (99.9–99.9) 4485 93.4 (92.4–94.3) 88.9 (87.3–90.5) 99.9 (99.9–100.0)
Thoracic spine 21,378 94.4 (92.5–96.0) 91.4 (90.3–92.5) 99.5 (99.5–99.6) 3952 93.0 (91.9–94.1) 93.4 (91.9–94.8) 99.7 (99.7–99.8)