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. 2017 Nov 21;47(6):1475–1486. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25901

Table 4.

Diagnostic Performance of D* and f Histogram Parameters in Discriminating Wilms' Tumor From Neuroblastoma

Parameters Mean Median 5th % 25th % 75th % 90th % Kurtosis Skewness Entropy
D* AUC 0.909 0.909 0.506 0.675 0.909 0.935 0.571 0.909 0.532
Confidence interval 0.739, 1.00 0.739, 1.00 0.177, 0.836 0.408, 0.942 0.739, 1.00 0.807, 1.00 0.285, 0.858 0.739, 1.00 0.254, 0.811
Sensitivity % 90.9 90.9 81.8 81.8 90.9 90.9 63.6 90.9 45.5
Specificity % 100 100 57.1 71.4 100 100 85.7 100 100
P value 0.004 0.004 0.964 0.221 0.004 0.002 0.618 0.004 0.821
Cutoff 17826 15636 5471 9612 22044 32376 2.22 7.60 × 10−3 9.62
f AUC 1.00 1.00 0.784 0.938 1.00 0.966 0.886 0.523 0.977
Confidence interval 1.00, 1.00 1.00, 1.00 0.574, 0.994 0.835, 1.00 1.00, 1.00 0.889, 1.00 0.676, 1.00 0.245, 0.801 0.920, 1.00
Sensitivity % 100 100 50.0 75.0 100 87.5 87.5 50.0 87.5
Specificity % 100 100 90.9 90.9 100 100 100 72.7 100
P value <0.001 <0.001 0.039 0.001 <0.001 0.001 0.005 0.869 0.029
Cutoff 14.7 11.0 2.50 7.50 17.5 24.50 2.10 2.01 × 10−1 3.35

AUC is the area under the ROC curve. The units for mean, median, and percentiles of D* cutoff values are in ×10−6 mm2/s and f as a percentage (%).