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Table 4 Diagnostic performance of parameters for identification of RLNs

From: Arterial spin labeling and diffusion-weighted imaging for identification of retropharyngeal lymph nodes in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Parameters (cutoff)

Sensitivity (n = 71)

Specificity (n = 29)

Accuracy (n = 100)

BF (>54 mL/min/100 g)

83.10 (59)

86.21 (25)

84.00 (84)

ADC (≤0.95 × 10−3 mm2/s)

84.51 (60)

62.07 (18)

78.00 (78)

Short axis (≥5 mm)

76.06 (54)

96.55 (28)

82.00 (82)

aShort axis + BF

95.77 (68)

82.76 (24)

92.00 (92)

aShort axis + ADC

98.59 (70)

62.07 (18)

88.00 (88)

Short axis (≥6 mm)

61.97 (44)

100 (29)

73.00 (73)

aShort axis + BF

94.31 (67)

86.21 (25)

92.00 (92)

aShort axis + ADC

97.18 (69)

62.07 (18)

87.00 (87)

Long axis (≥7 mm)

88.73 (63)

82.76 (24)

87.00 (87)

aLong axis + BF

100.00 (71)

68.97 (20)

91.00 (91)

aLong axis + ADC

95.77 (68)

51.72 (15)

83.00 (83)

  1. ADC apparent diffusion coefficient, BF blood flow, RLNs retropharyngeal lymph nodes
  2. aCombination criterion: for the size of RLNs less than their cutoff, if the functional parameters satisfied their cutoff, the RLNs were considered to metastatic; otherwise, they are non-metastatic