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. 2019 Oct 10;9:14634. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51265-y

Table 7.

Diagnoses during additional parathyroidectomy.

Imaging modality TP TN FP FN Accuracy
CT 7 0 0 0 100%
US 2 0 0 5 28.6%
MIBI 7 0 0 0 100%

TP, true positive; TN, true negative; FP, false positive; FN, false negative; CT, computed tomography; US, ultrasonography; MIBI, Tc-99m sestamibi scan.

US shows significantly lower accuracy compared to the other two modalities.