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. 2020 Oct 3;31(4):1969–1977. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07346-y

Table 3.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of chest CT for diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia compared to reverse transcription polymerase chain (RT-PCR) and patient outcomes

Prevalence of disease 56.7% Prevalence of disease 61.2%
Radiologist 1 Radiologist 2 Radiologist 1 Radiologist 2
Sensitivity 88 82 89 84
Specificity 84 82 94 92
PPV 87.5 87.5 95.9 94.4
NPV 84.6 77.1 84.4 77.1