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Table 4 The diagnostic performance of US feature predictive model, Esd value, and rtSWE image pattern for malignancy prediction

From: Diagnostic performance of conventional ultrasound and quantitative and qualitative real-time shear wave elastography in musculoskeletal soft tissue tumors

Methods

Optimized cut-off value

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

PNV (%)

Accuracy (%)

Az (95% CIs)

US feature predictive model

Pre value >ā€‰0.338

71.43

86.7

65.2

89.7

75.4

0.851 (0.754~0.920)

Esd value

>ā€‰0.8

66.7

85

60.9

87.9

71.4

0.795 (0.691~0.877)

rtSWE image pattern

Pattern III or IV

61.9

90.0

68.4

87.1

69.2

0.792 (0.687~0.874)