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

Table 8.

Accuracy of [ 18 F]flutemetamol quantitative diagnosis and positive and negative predictive values by Aβ pathology SoT in the 4 studies combined

Pathology standard of truth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUVR type
 
SUVR/SoT, N (%)
N
(%)
Brain SUVR region REF TN n (%) FN n (%) FP n (%) TP n (%) Total Accuracy a PPV b NPV c
4G8% area
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Ipsi
C
23 (62)
0 (0)
14 (38)
9 (100)
46
69.57
39.13
100.00
   Contra
C
25 (68)
0 (0)
12 (32)
9 (100)
46
73.91
42.86
100.00
   Comp
C
32 (86)
3 (33)
5 (14)
6 (67)
46
82.61
54.55
91.43
   Ipsi
P
19 (50)
0 (0)
19 (50)
9 (100)
47
59.57
32.14
100.00
   Contra
P
25 (66)
1 (11)
13 (34)
8 (89)
47
70.21
38.10
96.15
   Comp
P
24 (63)
1 (11)
14 (37)
8 (89)
47
68.09
36.36
96.00
Bielschowsky silver plaque score
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Ipsi
C
24 (89)
0 (0)
3 (11)
8 (100)
35
91.43
72.73
100.00
   Contra
C
24 (89)
0 (0)
3 (11)
8 (100)
35
91.43
72.73
100.00
   Comp
C
25 (93)
0 (0)
2 (7)
8 (100)
35
94.29
80.00
100.00
   Ipsi
P
23 (82)
0 (0)
5 (18)
8 (100)
36
86.11
61.54
100.00
   Contra
P
26 (93)
0 (0)
2 (7)
8 (100)
36
94.44
80.00
100.00
   Comp
P
24 (86)
0 (0)
4 (14)
8 (100)
36
88.89
66.67
100.00
Thioflavin S plaque score
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Ipsi
C
31 (97)
2 (22)
1 (3)
7 (78)
41
92.68
87.50
93.94
   Contra
C
29 (91)
1 (11)
3 (9)
8 (89)
41
90.24
72.73
96.67
   Comp
C
27 (84)
0 (0)
5 (16)
9 (100)
41
87.80
64.29
100.00
   Ipsi
P
25 (76)
1 (11)
8 (24)
8 (89)
42
78.57
50.00
96.15
   Contra
P
30 (91)
1 (11)
3 (9)
8 (89)
42
90.48
72.73
96.77
   Comp
P
28 (85)
1 (11)
5 (15)
8 (89)
42
85.71
61.54
96.55
Overall pathology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Ipsi
C
34 (100)
1 (7)
0 (0)
13 (93)
48
97.92
100.00
97.14
   Contra
C
33 (97)
0 (0)
1 (3)
14 (100)
48
97.92
93.33
100.00
   Comp
C
34 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
14 (100)
48
100.00
100.00
100.00
   Ipsi
P
30 (86)
1 (7)
5 (14)
13 (93)
49
87.76
72.22
96.77
   Contra
P
31 (89)
0 (0)
4 (11)
14 (100)
49
91.84
77.78
100.00
   Comp P 35 (100) 1 (7) 0 (0) 13 (93) 49 97.96 100.00 97.22

C = cerebellum; Comp = composite; Contra = contralateral; FN = false negatives; FP = false positives; Ipsi = ipsilateral; N = number of patients; NPV = negative predictive value; P = pons; PPV = positive predictive value; REF = PET imaging brain reference region; ROC = receiver-operator curve; SoT = standard of truth; TN = true negatives; TP = true positives; SUVR = standard uptake value ratio.