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. 2021 Jan 7;21:4. doi: 10.1186/s40644-020-00370-7

Table 3.

Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis of DECT Quantitative Parameters for the DifferentialDiagnosis of Immunohistochemical Factors in Invasive Breast Cancer

Parameter AUC Threshold of Parameter Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%)
ER positive vs. negative
 Venous phase NIC 0.65 [0.56, 0.75] 0.293 88.4 (76/86) [79.2, 94.0] 41.2 (14/34) [25.1, 59.2] 75.0 (90/120) [66.5, 81.9]
 Venous phase nZeff 0.60 [0.49, 0.70] 0.87 70.9 (61/86) [60.0, 80.0] 50.0 (17/34) [32.8, 67.2] 65.0 (78/120) [56.1, 73.0]
PR positive vs. negative
 Arterial phase NIC 0.63 [0.53, 0.73] 0.082 75.5 (40/53) [61.4, 85.9] 50.7 (34/67) [38.4, 61.0] 61.7 (74/120) [52.7, 69.9]
 Venous phase NIC 0.65 [0.55, 0.75] 0.356 62.3 (33/53) [47.9, 74.9] 62.7 (42/67) [50.0, 73.1] 62.5 (75/161) [53.6, 70.7]
HER2 positive vs. negative
 Venous phase nZeff 0.59 [0.49, 0.69] 0.87 70.2 (33/47) [54.9, 82.2] 53.4 (39/73) [41.4, 65.0] 60.0 (72/120) [51.1, 68.3]
Ki67 low- vs. high-proliferation
 Arterial phase NIC 0.67 [0.57, 0.77] 0.079 80.0 (56/70) [68.4, 88.3] 54.0 (27/50) [39.5, 67.9] 69.2 (83/120) [60.4, 76.8]
 Venous phase NIC 0.75 [0.67, 0.84] 0.281 88.6 (62/70) [78.2, 94.6] 52.0 (26/50) [37.6, 66.1] 73.3 (88/120) [64.8, 80.5]
 Arterial phase nZeff 0.70 [0.60, 0.79] 0.73 65.7 (46/70) [53.3, 76.4] 62.0 (31/50) [47.2, 75.0] 64.2 (77/120) [55.3, 72.2]
 Venous phase nZeff 0.67 [0.57, 0.77] 0.86 74.3 (52/70) [62.2, 83.7] 50.0 (25/50) [35.7, 64.3] 64.2 (77/120) [55.3, 72.2]

Note—Data in parentheses are numerator/denominator; data in brackets are 95% confidential intervals. NIC normalized iodine concentration; λHu slope of the spectral Hounsfield unit curve; nZeff normalized effective atomic number; HU Hounsfield unit; AUC area under the curve