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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Receiver operating characteristics of short wave elastography in prediction of malignant portal vein invasion

From: The role of shear wave elastography in differentiation between benign and malignant portal vein thrombosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Predictor

Rule

Cutoff

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

LR+

LR−

AUC

(95%CI)

Sig

SWE (kps)

Rule in

 ≥ 13

90

94

15.33

0.10

0.984

(0.963–1.000)

0.000

Rule out

 ≤ 9

98.8

71

3.34

0.02

   
  1. PVT Portal vein thrombosis, SWE Shear wave elastography, LR Likelihood ratio, AUC Area under the curve, CI Confidence interval
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