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. 2021 Aug 24;5(12):2009–2018. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1774

Table 3.

Diagnostic performance of CT and MRI for tumor characteristics and invasion

Performance CT MRI P Value
Size >5 cm
Sensitivity 83.4 [141/169] (77.8, 89.0) 83.4 [141/169] (77.8, 89.0) >0.999
Specificity 96.4 [159/165] (93.5, 99.2) 97.6 [161/165] (95.2, 99.9) 0.155
Accuracy 89.8 [300/334] (86.6, 93.1) 90.4 [302/334] (87.3, 93.6) 0.617
Tumor multiplicity
Sensitivity 50.0 [21/42] (34.9, 65.1) 66.7 [28/42] (52.4, 80.9) 0.026
Specificity 80.1 [234/292] (75.6, 84.7) 78.1 [228/292] (73.3, 82.8) 0.342
Accuracy 76.4 [255/334] (71.8, 80.9) 76.7 [256/334] (72.1, 81.2) 0.889
Vascular invasion
Sensitivity 56.8 [104/183] (49.7, 64.0) 73.8 [135/183] (67.4, 80.1) <0.001
Specificity 60.3 [91/151] (52.5, 68.1) 47.0 [71/151] (39.1, 55.0) <0.001
Accuracy 58.4 [195/334] (53.1, 63.7) 61.7 [206/334] (56.5, 66.9) 0.158
Visceral peritoneal invasion
Sensitivity 57.0 [45/79] (46.0, 67.9) 77.2 [61/79] (68.0, 86.5) <0.001
Specificity 62.8 [160/255] (56.8, 68.7) 45.1 [115/255] (39.0, 51.2) <0.001
Accuracy 61.4 [205/334] (56.2, 66.6) 52.7 [176/334] (47.3, 58.1) 0.001
Extrahepatic organ invasion
Sensitivity 38.5 [5/13] (12.0, 64.9) 23.1 [3/13] (0.2, 46.0) 0.124
Specificity 94.7 [304/321] (92.3, 97.2) 95.3 [306/321] (93.0, 97.6) 0.683
Accuracy 92.5 [309/334] (89.7, 95.3) 92.5 [309/334] (89.7, 95.3) >0.999

Data are performance measures in percentages with numerators and denominators in square brackets and 95% confidence intervals in parentheses.