Table 9 Showing a comparison of diagnostic performance of TI-RADS alone, SWE alone, color Doppler alone, and the combined parallel method
Imaging method | Malignant | Benign | AUC% | Sensitivity | Specificity | PLR | NLR | PPV | NPV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TI-RADS alone (4 as a cutoff value) | + | 28 | 11 | 84 (75.4–90.7) | 84.8 | 83.3 | 5.09 | 0.182 | 71.7 | 91.6 |
− | 5 | 55 | ||||||||
Color Doppler alone (1b as a cutoff value) | + | 18 | 0 | 77 (67.8–85.1) | 54.5 | 100 | 0.45 | 100 | 81.4 | |
− | 15 | 66 | ||||||||
SWE alone (ER 2.6 as a cutoff value) | + | 30 | 7 | 96 (93.3–99.4) | 90.9 | 89.3 | 8.5 | 0.10 | 81.08 | 95.1 |
− | 3 | 59 | ||||||||
SWE alone (Emean 34.3 as cutoff value) | + | 28 | 11 | 84 (75.4–90.7) | 84.8 | 83.3 | 5.09 | 0.182 | 71.7 | 91.6 |
− | 5 | 55 | ||||||||
Combined TIRADS & color Doppler | 29 | 11 | 85 (77.1–91.9) | 87.8 | 83.3 | 5.2 | 0.145 | 72.5 | 93.2 | |
4 | 55 | |||||||||
Combined TIRADS + SWE (ER) | + | 30 | 17 | # | 90.9 | 74.2 | 3.5 | 0.12 | 63.8 | 94.2 |
− | 3 | 49 | ||||||||
Combined TIRADS + SWE (Emean) | + | 30 | 21 | # | 90.9 | 68.1 | 2.8 | 0.133 | 58.8 | 93.7 |
− | 3 | 45 |