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. 2015 Jun;36(6):1069–1075. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4255

Table 4:

Diagnostic performance for stroke detection with incremental study review using receiver operating characteristic–determined thresholds for level of confidence

Sensitivity
Specificity
Se% (95% CI) P Valuea Sp% (95% CI) P Valuea
Level of confidence ≥5 vs <5
    1) NCCT 40.7 (30.8–50.6) 1 vs 2: .174 70.5 (64.4–76.7) 1 vs 2: .088
    2) NCCT + CTA-SI 51.7 (40.9–62.5) 1 vs 3: .048b 78.2 (72.2–84.2) 1 vs 3: .002b
    3) NCCT + CTA-SI + CTP 55.9 (45.6–66.3) 2 vs 3: .536 83.3 (78.3–88.3) 2 vs 3: .155
Level of confidence ≤2 vs <2
    1) NCCT 9.3 (4.3–14.3) 1 vs 2: .009b 91.9 (88.5–95.2) 1 vs 2: .130
    2) NCCT + CTA-SI 26.3 (17.3–35.3) 1 vs 3: <.001b 95.3 (92.5–98.1) 1 vs 3: .691
    3) NCCT + CTA-SI + CTP 42.4 (30.6–54.2) 2 vs 3: .030b 91.9 (88.4–95.4) 2 vs 3: .264

Note:—Se indicates sensitivity; Sp, specificity.

a

P value was obtained by a linear regression model of natural log(Se) or log(Sp) for each modality.

b

Statistically significant.