Table 4:

Diagnostic performance of ADC maps capable of distinguishing HPV+ from HPV– OPSCC on the basis of ADC mean, skewness, and kurtosisa

FeatureAUCP ValueTPFPTNFNSensitivitySpecificityAccuracyOptimal Threshold
ADCb0–1000
    ADC mean0.723.019871630.7270.6950.7061062.429b
    ADC skewness0.731.016861730.7270.7390.7350.349
    ADC kurtosisc0.893<.0011141901.0000.8260.8820.640
ADCb0–750–1000
    ADC mean0.755.009871630.7270.6950.7061088.702b
    ADC skewness0.715.023851830.7270.7830.7650.500
    ADC kurtosisc0.826.0011051810.9090.7830.8230.651
ADCb0–500–750–1000
    ADC mean0.755.009851830.7270.7830.7651034.222b
    ADC skewness0.727.009841930.7270.8260.7940.525
    ADC kurtosisc0.826.0011051810.9090.7830.8230.620
ADCb100–1000
    ADC mean0.636.105881530.7270.6520.676958.089b
    ADC skewness0.581.231791440.6360.6090.6180.133
    ADC kurtosisc0.751.010971620.8180.6960.7350.484
  • Note:—TP indicates true-positive; FP, false-positive; TN, true-negative; FN, false-negative.

  • a For comparison, the diagnostic performance of the perfusion-insensitive map recommended in the literature14 is equally shown. P values to distinguish HPV+ from HPV– OPSCC were calculated with the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were calculated using the optimal threshold (Youden index from receiver operating curve analysis).

  • b ADC mean thresholds in x10−6mm2/s.

  • c Excess kurtosis.