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. 2019 Feb 18;11(1):21–27. doi: 10.4055/cios.2019.11.1.21

Table 4. Comparative Studies of MRI, MRA, and CTA.

Study Subject patient (hip) Mean age (yr) Comparison Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%)
Byrd and Jones5) 40 (40) NR MRA vs. MRI 66 vs. 25 75 vs. 67 NR
Labral tear 41 vs. 18 100 vs. 100 NR
Chondral lesion
Nishii et al.4) 18 (20) 12–49 CTA vs. MRI 67 vs. 49 89 vs. 89 79 vs. 71
Chondral lesion1 70 vs. 47 79 vs. 71 87 vs. 80
Chondral lesion2
Czerny et al.6) 39 MRA vs. MRI 90 vs. 30 NR 91 vs. 36
Labral tear
Perdikakis et al.11) 10 (14) 43 MRA vs. CTA 100 vs. 15 50 vs. 13 90 vs. 14
Labral tear 63 vs. 66 33 vs. 40 55 vs. 66
Chondral lesion
Sundberg et al.7) 8 (8) 38 MRA vs. MRI 80 vs. 100 33 vs. 33 63 vs. 75
Labral tear
Toomayan et al.17) 48 (51) 35 MRA vs. MRI 92 vs. 25 100 vs. 100 NR
Labral tear
This study 33 (36) 35 CTA vs. MRI 85 vs. 60 90 vs. 80 86 vs. 64
Labral tear 46 vs. 36 72 vs. 84 64 vs. 69
Chondral lesion

MRI: magnetic resonance imaging, MRA: magnetic resonance arthrography, CTA: computed tomography arthrography, NR: not reported, Chondral lesion 1: homogeneous or focal signal intensity without surface irregularity, Chondral lesion 2: contour defect.