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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 Dec 22;218(5):810–820. doi: 10.2214/AJR.21.27022

TABLE 5:

Screening Performance, Stratified by Reader and Protocol

Protocol Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Accuracy AUC

Reader 1
 Standard 90 (18/20) [68–99] 81 (331/407) [77–85] 19 (18/94) [12–29] 99 (331/333) [99–100] 82 (349/427) [78–85] 0.94 [0.91–0.97]
 Abbreviated 90 (18/20) [68–90] 78 (319/407) [74–82] 17 (18/106) [10–26] 99 (319/321) [98–100] 79 (337/427) [75–83] 0.89 [0.81–0.95]
 Abbreviated plusT2-weighted 95 (19/20) [75–100] 82 (332/407) [77–85] 20 (19/94) [13–30] 100 (332/333) [98–100] 82 (351/427) [78–86] 0.91 [0.83–0.98]
Reader 2
 Standard 95 (19/20) [75–100] 79 (320/407) [75–83] 18 (19/106) [11–27] 100 (320/321) [98–100] 79 (339/427) [75.5–83.4] 0.93 [0.89–0.96]
 Abbreviated 100 (20/20) [80–100] 75 (306/407) [71–79] 20 (20/101) [10–24] 100 (306/306) [80–100] 76 (326/427) [72–80] 0.92 [0.89–0.94]
 Abbreviated plusT2-weighted 95 (19/20) [75–100] 81 (330/407) [77–85] 20 (19/96) [12–29] 100 (330/331) [98–100] 82 (349/427) [78–85] 0.92 [0.87–0.96]
Reader 3
 Standard 95 (19/20) [75–100] 73 (299/407) [69–78] 15 (19/127) [9–22] 100 (299/300) [98–100] 74 (318/427) [70–79] 0.85 [0.74–0.95]
 Abbreviated 90 (18/20) [68–99] 50 (204/407) [45–55] 8 (18/221) [5–12] 99 (204/206) [97–100] 52 (222/427) [47–57] 0.80 [0.72–0.87]
 Abbreviated plusT2-weighted 80 (16/20) [56–94] 81 (328/407) [76–84] 17 (16/95) [10–26] 99 (328/332) [97–100] 80 (344/427) [76–84] 0.90 [0.85–0.94]
Reader 4
 Standard 95 (19/20) [75–100] 86 (352/407) [83–90] 26 (19/74) [16–37] 100 (352/353) [98–100] 87 (371/427) [83–90] 0.95 [0.92–0.97]
 Abbreviated 90 (18/20) [68–99] 84 (340/407) [80–87] 21 (18/85) [13–31] 99 (340/342) [98–100] 84 (358/427) [80–87] 0.89 [0.82–0.97]
 Abbreviated plusT2-weighted 90 (18/20) [68–99] 88 (357/407) [84–91] 27 (18/67) [16–38] 99 (357/359) [98–100] 88 (375/427) [84–91] 0.90 [0.81–0.98]
Pooled
 Standard 94 (75/80) [81–99] 80 (1303/1628) [76–83] 19 (75/399) [12–27] 100 (1303/1308) [99–100] 81 (1378/1708) [79–82] 0.92 [0.89–0.94]
 Abbreviated 92 (74/80) [80–98] 72 (1167/1628) [68–75] 14 (74/534) [9–21] 99 (1167/1173) [98–100] 73 (1241/1708) [71–75] 0.88 [0.85–0.91]
 Abbreviated plusT2-weighted 90 (72/80) [76–97] 83 (1346/1628) [79–86] 20 (72/353) [13–30] 99 (1346/1354) [98–100] 83 (1418/1708) [81–85] 0.90 [0.87–0.94]

Note—Except for AUC, values are percentage with number of examinations in parentheses. Values in brackets are 95% CI.