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. 2017 Oct 6;28(3):963–971. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-5069-4

Table 4.

Comparison of diagnostic accuracy between magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) and 3T1

Labral tear(n) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Acetabular cartilage defect (n) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Cartilage delamination (n) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
Reader 1 MRA
 AS quadrant 32 82 n/a 21 55* 100 5 42 82
 PS quadrant 1 25 97 1 14 100 0 0 97
Reader 2 MRA
 AS quadrant 31 79 n/a 17 45* 100 3 25 89
 PS quadrant 1 25 94 1 20 97 0 0 97
Reader 1 3T
 AS quadrant 36 92 n/a 30 79* 100 4 33 78
 PS quadrant 3 75 89 2 29 78 0 0 97
 AI quadrant n/a n/a 97 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 100
Reader 2 3T
 AS quadrant 35 90 n/a 27 71* 100 4 33 74
 PS quadrant 1 25 89 3 43 81 0 0 97
 AI quadrant n/a n/a 90 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 100

AS anterosuperior, PS posterosuperior, AI anteroinferior, PI posteroinferior

*Statistically significant difference between MRA and 3T (p=0.02)

1No MRI pathology was recorded in the AI and PI quadrants at MRA. No MRI pathology was recorded in the PI quadrant at 3T