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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Dec;191(6):10.2214/AJR.07.3693. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.3693

TABLE 2. Sensitivity of Molecular Breast Imaging as a Function of Tumor Size and Detector Heads Viewed During Blinded Review by Three Readers.

Tumor Diameter
(mm)
No. of
Tumors
Detector
Head(s) Used
Reader 1
Reader 2
Reader 3
Average
Sensitivity
(%)
p
No. of Tumors
Sensitivity
(%)
No. of Tumors
Sensitivity
(%)
No. of Tumors
Sensitivity
(%)
TP FN TP FN TP FN

0–5 16 Single 7 9 44 7 9 44 7 9 44 44 0.130
Dual 11 5 69 11 5 69 10 6 63 67
6–10 45 Single 31 14 69 39 6 87 33 12 73 76 0.060
Dual 41 4 91 41 4 91 36 9 80 87
11–15 30 Single 28 2 93 29 1 97 28 2 93 94 1.00
Dual 29 1 97 29 1 97 29 1 97 97
16–20 19 Single 16 3 84 16 3 84 16 3 84 84 0.50
Dual 18 1 95 18 1 95 18 1 95 95
> 20 18 Single 16 2 89 17 1 94 17 1 94 92 1.00
Dual 18 0 100 18 0 100 18 0 100 100
All tumors ≤ 10 61 Single 38 23 62 46 15 75 40 21 66 68 0.004
Dual 52 9 85 52 9 85 46 15 75 82

All tumors 128 Single 98 30 77 108 20 84 101 27 79 80 < 0.0005
Dual 117 11 91 117 11 91 111 17 87 90

Note—Difference in the average sensitivity of dual-head molecular breast imaging compared with single-head molecular breast imaging was statistically significant using the McNemar test. Boldface indicates statistical significance. TP = true-positive, FN = false-negative.