Table 2 Clinical utility index (CUI) of the 4 modalities
From: Dixon chemical shift MR sequences for demonstrating of bone marrow vertebral metastasis
Modality | + CUI | − CUI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Rating (for case finding) | Value | Rating (for screening) | |
T2 Dixon (WO) and T2 (OP) | 0.783 | Good | 0.375 | Poor |
T1 post-contrast Dixon (WO) | 0.925 | Excellent | 0.636 | Fair |
T1 and T2 Dixon (FO) | 0.894 | Excellent | 0.553 | Fair |
T1 post-contrast (OP) | 0.826 | Excellent | 0.429 | Poor |