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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2008 May 20;18(10):2292–2302. doi: 10.1007/s00330-008-0989-7

Table 2.

Overall sensitivity and specificity (with 95% confidence intervals) for the thickness, surface and signal pattern assessments of osteoarthritic cartilage assessed via MRI and compared to histological findings

Thickness Surface Signal pattern
Sensitivity 72% [47%–88%] 69% [49%–84%] 36% [21%–54%]
Specificity 69% [55%–80%] 74% [45%–91%] 62% [34%–84%]
Accuracy 70% [56%–81%] 73% [57%–85%] 45% [36%–54%]