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. 2016 Oct 25;112(1):163–171. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.478

Table 3. Per-lesion accuracy of radiologists and gastroenterologists in detecting cancers or adenomas on CTCa.

Performance by lesion Cancer or adenoma ≥6 mm
Cancer or adenoma ≥10 mm
  GI RAD GI RAD
True-positive results, no. 441 394 213 205
False-negative results, no. 97 144 25 33
False-positive results, no. 95 122 14 24
C0 (CTC image not available) 20 20 10 10
Sensitivity (95% CI) 0.82 (0.78–0.85) 0.73 (0.69–0.77) 0.89 (0.85–0.93) 0.86 (0.81–0.90)
P value 0.000002 0.10
Positive predictive value (95% CI) 0.82 (0.79–0.85) 0.76 (0.72–0.80) 0.94 (0.90–0.97) 0.90 (0.85–0.93)
P value 0.001 0.025

CI, confidence interval; CTC, computed tomographic colonography; GI, gastroenterologist; RAD, radiologist.

a

Values of RAD for detection of lesions on CTC were averaged among radiologists, and values of GI were averaged among gastroenterologists.