Table 2:

Diagnostic accuracy of MR imaging and CT in evaluating bone invasion

TPTNFPFNSensitivitySpecificityPPVNPVAccuracy
No. of Cases%
Mandibular cortical invasion
    MR imaging24141219654*679374
    CT25233010088*8910094
Bone marrow involvement
    MR imaging2421519681839588
    CT252330100888910094
Inferior alveolar canal involvement
    MR imaging532140100702610073
    CT54420100967110096
  • Note:—TP indicates true-positive; TN, true-negative; FP, false-positive; FN, false-negative; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

  • * P = .004;

  • P = .002 (McNemar test).