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Table 3 Diagnostic performances of histogram parameters in differentiating hard from soft meningiomas

From: Histogram analysis of mono-exponential, bi-exponential and stretched-exponential diffusion-weighted MR imaging in predicting consistency of meningiomas

Histogram Parameters

AUC (95%CI)

Cut-off

Se (%)

Sp (%)

Youden Index

Accuracy (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

ADC 10th percentile

0.68 (0.53, 0.81)

0.60

52.94

90.00

0.43

76.60

75.00

77.14

D* 10th percentile

0.87 (0.77, 0.95)

17.30

64.71

96.67

0.61

83.00

91.67

82.86

Alpha 90th percentile

0.88 (0.75, 0.95)

0.91

58.82

100.00

0.59

85.10

100.00

75.00

DDC 10th percentile

0.71 (0.56, 0.83)

0.58

52.94

90.00

0.43

76.60

90.91

80.56

  1. Note: Se represents sensitivity. Sp represents specificity. PPV represents positive predictive value. NPV represents negative predictive value