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Table 3 Diagnostic performance of CT Chest compared to biological testing (BT) of COVID-19

From: Submillisievert CT chest for COVID-19 patients in a rural hospital with limited resources

 

N = 

CT + BT + 

CT-BT-

CT + BT-

CT-BT + 

Se

Sp

PPV

NPV

Accuracy (%)

RT-PCT or Ag test

          

FDCT

69

47

12

7

3

94%

63.2%

87%

80%

85.5

LDCT

99

73

7

12

7

91.2%

36.8%

85.9%

50%

80.8

RT-PCR

          

FDCT

27

14

9

3

1

93.3%

75%

82.3%

90%

85.2

LDCT

27

22

0

2

3

88%

NC

91.7%

NC

81.5

Ag test

          

FDCT

42

33

4

3

2

94.3%

57.1%

91.7%

66.7%

88.1

LDCT

72

51

7

10

4

92.7%

41.1%

83.6%

63.6%

80.6

  1. BT, Biological test; FDCT, full dose CT scan; LDCT, ultra-low dose CT scan; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Ag, Antigen; Se, Sensitivity; Sp, Specificity; PPV, Positive predictive value; NPV, Negative predictive value; NC, Not calculated