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. 2015 May 26;2(2):026001. doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.2.2.026001

Table 6.

Sensitivity and specificity at optimal thresholds for each software and magnet strength. Metric: Mean rCBV.

Class. criteria Software 1.5 T 3 T 1.5 T 3 T 1.5 T 3 T
IB Neuro FuncTool nordicICE
Thresh: 1.09 Thresh: 1.10 Thresh: 1.06 Thresh: 1.33 Thresh: 1.16 Thresh: 1.39
Sens Spec Sens Spec Sens Spec Sens Spec Sens Spec Sens Spec
Survival
IB Neuro 0.44 0.67a 0.80 0.63a 0.44b 0.56 0.40b 0.88 0.31b 0.67 0.40b 0.88
FuncTool 0.60 0.44 1.00 0.38 0.60 0.44 0.80 0.75 0.47 0.44 0.60 0.75
nordicICE
0.63
0.22a
0.80
0.25a
0.69b
0.22
0.80b
0.75
0.56b
0.44
0.80b
0.88
    Thresh: 0.87
Thresh: 1.41
Thresh: 0.98
Thresh: 1.39
Thresh: 1.13
Thresh: 1.50
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Treatment change
IB Neuro 0.79 0.55 0.57 0.90 0.53a,b 0.55 0.57a,b 0.90 0.26c,d 0.64 0.43c,d 1.00
FuncTool 0.78 0.36 0.86 0.80 0.72b 0.45 0.86b 0.80 0.61c 0.45 0.57c 1.00
nordicICE
0.89
0.27
0.71
0.90
0.84a
0.27
0.71a
0.80
0.68d
0.36
0.71d
1.00
    Thresh: 1.09
Thresh: 1.10
Thresh: 1.44
Thresh: 1.45
Thresh: 1.31
Thresh: 1.52
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Sens
Spec
Combined IB Neuro 0.58 0.50 1.00 0.71 0.17 0.83 0.33 1.00 0.25 0.50 0.33 1.00
FuncTool 0.82 0.17 1.00 0.43 0.36 0.67 1.00 0.86 0.45 0.33 0.67 1.00
nordicICE 0.75 0.17 1.00 0.29 0.25 0.83 1.00 1.00 0.42 0.50 1.00 1.00

Note: Operator 1’s data. Comparison of sensitivity and specificity performed by pooling the 1.5 and 3 T cases of disagreement before calculating the test statistic.

a

Comparison p value=0.016

b

Comparison p value=0.031

c

Comparison p value=0.046

d

Comparison p value=0.0047