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. 2014 Apr 22;2:46. doi: 10.1186/2051-5960-2-46

Table 7.

Sensitivity and specificity and their exact 95% CIs for each SUVR type/pathology SoT combination for all 4 studies combined

 
Cerebellum REF
Pons REF
Pathology SoT Ipsilateral Contralateral Composite Ipsilateral Contralateral Composite
4G8
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sensitivity (95% CI)
1.0000 (0.6637, 1.0000)
1.0000 (0.6637, 1.0000)
0.6667 (0.2993, 0.9251)
1.0000 (0.6637, 1.0000)
0.8889 (0.5175, 0.9972)
0.8889 (0.5175, 0.9972)
Specificity (95% CI)
0.6216 (0.4476, 0.7754)
0.6757 (0.5021, 0.8199)
0.8649 (0.7123, 0.9546)
0.5000 (0.3338, 0.6662)
0.6579 (0.4865, 0.8037)
0.6316 (0.4599, 0.7819)
Maximal sum (sensitivity + specificity)
1.6216
1.6757
1.5316
1.5000
1.5468
1.5205
Bielschowsky
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sensitivity (95% CI)
1.0000 (0.6306, 1.0000)
1.0000 (0.6306, 1.0000)
1.0000 (0.6306, 1.0000)
1.0000 (0.6306, 1.0000)
1.0000 (0.6306, 1.0000)
1.0000 (0.6306, 1.0000)
Specificity (95% CI)
0.8889 (0.7084, 0.9765)
0.8889 (0.7084, 0.9765)
0.9259 (0.7571, 0.9909)
0.8214 (0.6311, 0.9394)
0.9286 (0.7650, 0.9912)
0.8571 (0.6733, 0.9597)
Maximal sum (sensitivity + specificity)
1.8889
1.8889
1.9259
1.8214
1.9286
1.8571
Thioflavin S
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sensitivity (95% CI)
0.7778 (0.3999, 0.9719)
0.8889 (0.5175, 0.9972)
1.0000 (0.6637, 1.0000)
0.8889 (0.5175, 0.9972)
0.8889 (0.5175, 0.9972)
0.8889 (0.5175, 0.9972)
Specificity (95% CI)
0.9688 (0.8378, 0.9992)
0.9063 (0.7498, 0.9802)
0.8438 (0.6721, 0.9472)
0.7576 (0.5774, 0.8891)
0.9091 (0.7567, 0.9808)
0.8485 (0.6810, 0.9489)
Maximal sum (sensitivity + specificity)
1.7466
1.7952
1.8438
1.6465
1.7980
1.7374
Overall pathology
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sensitivity (95% CI)
0.9286 (0.6613, 0.9982)
1.0000 (0.7684, 1.0000)
1.0000 (0.7684, 1.0000)
0.9286 (0.6613, 0.9982)
1.0000 (0.7684, 1.0000)
0.9286 (0.6613, 0.9982)
Specificity (95% CI)
1.0000 (0.8972, 1.0000)
0.9706 (0.8467, 0.9993)
1.0000 (0.8972, 1.0000)
0.8571 (0.6974, 0.9519)
0.8857 (0.7326, 0.9680)
1.0000 (0.9000, 1.0000)
Maximal sum (sensitivity + specificity) 1.9286 1.9706 2.0000 1.7857 1.8857 1.9286

CI = confidence interval; REF = PET imaging brain reference region; SoT = standard of truth, SUVR = standard uptake value ratio.