Table 6:
Comparison of diagnostic value of conventional and digital radiography for detection of cavitated and non-cavitated lesions according to the jaw (%)
| Receptor | Diagnostic value (%) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandible | Maxilla | ||||||||||||||
| Sensitivity | Specificity | value Positive predictive value | Negative predictive | Accuracy | Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive predictive value | Negative predictive value | Accuracy | ||||||
| Film with 60 kVp | 80.76 | 74.28 | 94.11 | 96.3 | 64.0 | 89.58 | 85.71 | 92.59 | 90.8 | 89.3 | |||||
| Film with 70 kVp | 76.92 | 69.23 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 52.0 | 81.25 | 73.91 | 88.0 | 85.0 | 78.6 | |||||
| PSP with 60 kVp | 75.0 | 76.92 | 73.07 | 74.1 | 76.0 | 83.33 | 85.5 | 81.25 | 70.0 | 92.9 | |||||
| PSP with 70 kVp | 78.84 | 76.66 | 81.81 | 85.2 | 72.0 | 77.08 | 84.61 | 74.28 | 55.0 | 92.6 | |||||
| CCD with 60 kVp | 61.53 | 64.0 | 59.25 | 59.3 | 64.0 | 77.08 | 84.61 | 74.28 | 55.0 | 92.6 | |||||
| CCD with 70 kVp | 65.38 | 65.51 | 65.21 | 70.4 | 60.0 | 72.91 | 65.21 | 80.0 | 75.0 | 71.4 | |||||