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. 2019 Mar 21;92(1097):20180341. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20180341

Table 2.

Diagnostic performances of B-mode ultrasound, shear wave elastography (SWE), and combined B-mode ultrasound with SWE

B-mode SWE Combined Pa Pb Pc
Sensitivity (%) 97.2 71.1 88.7 <0.001 0.005 <0.001
Specificity (%) 17.1 72.4 69.6 <0.001 <0.001 0.461
PPV (%) 36.8 56.1 59.2 <0.001 <0.001 0.543
NPV (%) 92.5 83.5 92.6 0.096 0.979 0.003
Accuracy (%) 43.7 72.0 75.9 <0.001 <0.001 0.186

NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.

a

B-mode vs SWE

b

B-mode vs Combined

c

SWE vs Combined