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. 2021 Jun 9;94(1123):20201444. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20201444

Table 5.

Diagnostic Performance Indices for each category excluding BTA U3 and ACR-TIRADS/AI-TIRADS TR3 nodules

BTA (n = 152) ACR-TIRADS (n = 169) AI-TIRADS (n = 166)
Sensitivity (%) 98.28 (90.76, 99.96) 95.24 (86.71, 99.01) 93.44 (84.05, 98.18)
Specificity (%) 42.55 (32.41, 53.18) 40.57 (31.13, 50.54) 45.71 (35.96, 55.72)
PPV (%) 51.35 (46.92, 55.76) 48.78 (44.63, 52.94) 50.00 (45.32, 54.68)
NPV (%) 97.56 (84.96, 99.65) 93.48 (82.27, 97.79) 92.31 (55.43, 70.59)
Accuracy (%) 63.82 (55.64, 71.44) 60.95 (53.16, 68.35) 63.25 (55.43, 70.59)

ACR-TIRADS, American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System; AI-TIRADS, Artificial Intelligence TIRADS; BTA, British Thyroid Association; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.