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. 2014 Apr 22;14(1):10. doi: 10.1186/1470-7330-14-10

Table 3.

Patient-based performance comparisons between PET/CT and cePET/CT

  PET/CT cePET/CT
Sensitivity (%)
92.79 (86.42–96.30)
98.20 (93.67–99.50)
Specificity (%)
76.92 (67.28–84.38)
76.55 (67.02–84.76)
Positive predictive value (%)
83.06 (75.49–88.65)
83.85 (76.56–89.18)
Negative predictive value (%)
89.74 (81.05–94.71)
97.22 (90.43–99.23)
Positive likelihood ratio
4.02 (2.75–5.88)
4.26 (2.92–6.20)
Negative likelihood ratio
0.09 (0.05–0.18)
0.02 (0.01–0.09)
Diagnostic odds ratio
41.67 (16.96–115.67)
174.43 (41.26–1593.39)
Error rate (%)
14.36 (10.19–19.86)
11.39 (7.71–16.51)
Accuracy (%)
85.64 (80.14–89.81)
88.61 (83.49–92.29)
Youden’s index 0.6972 (0.700–0.6940) 0.7512 (0.7541–0.7483)

PET, positron emission tomography; CT, computed tomography; cePET/CT, contrast-enhanced PET/ CT.