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Table 1 Diagnostic performance of the T1 and T2 Dixon modalities

From: Dixon chemical shift MR sequences for demonstrating of bone marrow vertebral metastasis

Measure

T2 Dixon (WO)

T2 Dixon (OP)

T1 post-contrast Dixon (WO)

T1 and T2 Dixon (FO)

T1 post-contrast Dixon (OP)

True positive

126

126

149

144

133

True negative

21

21

21

21

21

False positive

0

0

0

0

0

False negative

35

35

12

17

27

Sensitivity

78.3% (71.1%–84.4%)

78.3% (71.1%–84.4%)

92.6% (87.3%–96.1%)

89.4% (83.6%–93.7%)

83.1% (76.4%–88.6%)

Specificity

100% (83.9%–100%)

100% (83.9%–100%)

100% (83.9%–100%)

100% (83.9%–100%)

100% (83.9%–100%)

PPV

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

NPV

37.5% (30.9%–44.6%)

37.5% (30.9%–44.6%)

63.6% (50.4%–75.1%)

55.3% (44.1%–65.9%)

43.8% (35.5%–52.3%)

LR-

21.7% (16.2%–29.1%)

21.7% (16.2%–29.1%)

7.5% (4.3%–12.8%)

10.6% (6.7%–16.6%)

16.9% (12%–23.8%)

Accuracy

80.8% (74.3%–86.2%)

80.8% (74.3%–86.2%)

93.4% (88.8%–96.5%)

90.7% (85.5%–94.5%)

85.1% (79%–89.9%)

F1 score

87.8%

87.8%

96.1%

94.4%

90.8%

MCC

54.2%

54.2%

76.7%

70.3%

60.3%

AUC

0.891 (0.837–0.933)

0.891 (0.837–0.933)

0.963 (0.924–0.985)

0.947 (0.904–0.975)

0.916 (0.865–0.952)

  1. 95% confidence intervals are presented between brackets
  2. All measures were calculated by Confusion Matrix Online Calculator (https://onlineconfusionmatrix.com, accessed December 2, 2021) [18] and MedCalc Software Ltd. Diagnostic test evaluation calculator, Version 20.018 (https://www.medcalc.org/calc/diagnostic_test.php, accessed December 2, 2021) [19]
  3. PPV positive predictive value; NPV negative predictive value; LR- negative likelihood ratio; MCC Matthews correlation coefficient; AUC area under the curve