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Table 7 Performance data of the neural network

From: Ultrasound characteristics of follicular and parafollicular thyroid neoplasms: diagnostic performance of artificial neural network

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

 

Accuracy

CI 95%

 

PPV

NPV

MTC vs. PTC

0.65

0.57

 

0.59

0.57–0.61

 

0.41

0.78

MTC vs. FTC

0.90

0.95

 

0.93

0.91–0.95

 

0.95

0.89

MTC vs. FTA

0.97

0.98

 

0.98

0.96–0.99

 

0.99

0.97

PTC vs. FTC

0.90

0.97

 

0.94

0.92–0.96

 

0.97

0.89

PTC vs. FTA

0.96

0.98

 

0.97

0.95–0.99

 

0.98

0.96

FTC vs. FTA

0.77

0.65

 

0.69

0.67–0.71

 

0.54

0.84

MTC + PTC + FTC vs. FTA

0.70

0.94

 

0.83

0.81–0.85

 

0.97

0.90

  1. MTC: medullary thyroid carcinoma, PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma, FTC: follicular thyroid carcinoma, FTA: follicular thyroid adenoma
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