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Table 5 Performance data of the neural network model for the classification of the study groups

From: Advanced thyroid carcinomas: neural network analysis of ultrasonographic characteristics

 

Total

(n = 96)

ADV

(n = 32)

PTC

(n = 32)

FTC

(n = 32)

Accuracy (95% CI)

84.4 (75.5–91.0)

   

Sensitivity (95% CI)

 

84.4 (67.2–94.7)

87.5 (71.0–96.5)

78.1 (60.0–90.7)

Specificity (95% CI)

 

93.8 (84.8–98.3)

92.2 (82.7–97.4)

90.6 (79.7–96.5)

Positive predictive value (95% CI)

 

87.1 (70.2–96.4)

84.9 (68.1–94.9)

80.6 (62.5–92.6)

Negative predictive value (95% CI)

 

92.3 (83.0–97.5)

93.6 (84.5–98.2)

89.2 (79.1–95.6)

Fleiss Kappa (95% CI)

0.56 (0.55–0.57)

   

F-score

0.84

   
  1. ADV Advanced thyroid carcinoma (group 1), PTC Papillary thyroid carcinoma (group 2), FTC: follicular thyroid carcinoma (group 3), CI: confidence interval