Table 3:

Diagnostic performance of the cumulative histogram cutoff values of the IVIM MR imaging parameters, nCBV, and ADC values for differentiating recurrent tumor from treatment effect

ParametersAUCaCutoffSensitivitySpecificity
f900.957 (0.860, 0.994)0.05687.1%95.0%
D10, 10−3·mm2·s−10.756 (0.615, 0.865)0.97071.0%75.0%
nCBV900.940 (0.835, 0.987)2.89283.9%95.0%
ADC10, 10−3·mm2·s−10.697 (0.552, 0.818)0.99567.7%75.0%
  • Note:—f90 indicates 90th percentile histogram cutoff of f; D10, 10th percentile histogram cutoff of D; nCBV90, 90th percentile histogram cutoff of nCBV; ADC10, 10th percentile histogram cutoff of ADC; AUC, the largest area under the ROC curve.

  • There was no statistically significant difference between the AUC for f90 and that for nCBV90.

  • a Numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals.