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. 2013 May 15;6:51–58. doi: 10.4137/MRI.S10861

Table 2.

Measures of sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy of endorectal and external body coil MRSI ratios in discrimination of cancer from non-cancer with ROC curve analysis.

Parameter Endorectal coil External phased array
CV 1.35 0.77
Sensitivity, % 81.3 68.8
Specificity, % 75.0 81.3
PPV% 76.5 78.6
NPV% 80.0 72.2
AUC, % 86.9 85.9
Accuracy, % 78.1 75.0

Abbreviations: CV, cutoff value; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; AUC, area under the curve.