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Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2016 Sep 5;27(5):2055–2066. doi: 10.1007/s00330-016-4571-4

Appendix Table 3.

Per-patient performance data by reconstruction algorithm for individual readers

Reader Performance Measure % [95% CI] (N/total N) Reconstruction Algorithm
SD-FBP RD-FBP RD-ASIR RD-MBIR
Reader 1 Sensitivity 0.89 [0.76–1.00] (17/19) 0.74 [0.54–0.93] (14/19) 0.79 [0.61–0.97] (15/19) 0.74 [0.54–0.93] (14/19)
Specificity 0.90 [0.82–0.98] (46/51) 0.82 [0.72–0.93] (42/51) 0.80 [0.69–0.91] (41/51) 0.80 [0.69–0.91] (41/51)
Positive Predictive Value 0.77 [0.60–0.95] (17/22) 0.61 [0.41–0.81] (14/23) 0.60 [0.41–0.79] (15/25) 0.58 [0.39–0.78] (14/24)
Negative Predictive Value 0.96 [0.90–1.00] (46/48) 0.89 [0.81–0.98] (42/47) 0.91 [0.83–0.99] (41/45) 0.89 [0.80–0.98] (41/46)
Accuracy 0.90 [0.83–0.97] (63/70) 0.80 [0.71–0.89] (56/70) 0.80 [0.71–0.89] (56/70) 0.79 [0.69–0.88] (55/70)
Reader 2 Sensitivity 0.95 [0.85–1.00] (18/19) 0.84 [0.68–1.00] (16/19) 0.89 [0.76–1.00] (17/19) 0.89 [0.76–1.00] (17/19)
Specificity 0.55 [0.41–0.69] (28/51) 0.61 [0.47–0.74] (31/51) 0.67 [0.54–0.80] (34/51) 0.49 [0.35–0.63] (25/51)
Positive Predictive Value 0.44 [0.29–0.59] (18/41) 0.44 [0.28–0.61] (16/36) 0.50 [0.33–0.67] (17/34) 0.40 [0.25–0.54] (17/43)
Negative Predictive Value 0.97 [0.90–1.00] (28/29) 0.91 [0.82–1.00] (31/34) 0.94 [0.87–1.00] (34/36) 0.93 [0.83–1.00] (25/27)
Accuracy 0.66 [0.55–0.77] (46/70) 0.67 [0.56–0.78] (47/70) 0.73 [0.62–0.83] (51/70) 0.67 [0.49–0.71] (42/70)
Reader 3 Sensitivity 0.89 [0.76–1.00] (17/19) 0.79 [0.61–0.97] (15/19) 0.84 [0.68–1.00] (16/19) 0.89 [0.76–1.00] (17/19)
Specificity 0.88 [0.79–0.97] (45/51) 0.82 [0.72–0.93] (42/51) 0.78 [0.67–0.90] (40/51) 0.75 [0.63–0.86] (38/51)
Positive Predictive Value 0.74 [0.56–0.92] (17/23) 0.63 [0.43–0.82] (15/24) 0.59 [0.41–0.78] (16/27) 0.57 [0.39–0.74] (17/30)
Negative Predictive Value 0.96 [0.90–1.00] (45/47) 0.91 [0.83–0.99] (42/46) 0.93 [0.85–1.00] (40/43) 0.95 [0.88–1.00] (38/40)
Accuracy 0.89 [0.81–0.96] (62/70) 0.81 [0.72–0.91] (57/70) 0.80 [0.71–0.89] (56/70) 0.79 [0.69–0.88] (55/70)