Table 6 Receiver operating characteristics of visual detection and nodal SUVmax/liver SUVmax ratio
From: Utility of SUVmax on 18 F-FDG PET in detecting cervical nodal metastases
Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | AUC (95 % CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Observer 1 | 61.63 | 86.45 | 58.89 | 87.73 | 0.703 (0.633, 0.772) |
Observer 2 | 66.28 | 77.66 | 48.31 | 87.97 | 0.737 (0.667, 0.807) |
N/L SUV (≥0.903) | 72.84 | 93.78 | 81.94 | 89.91 | 0.883 (0.772, 0.894) |