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Table 3 Nodules detected by MSCT and MRI

From: Feasibility of pulmonary MRI for nodule detection in comparison to computed tomography

Size

MSCT- detected nodules

Detection rate

MRI

True positive

False negative

False positive

r-VIBE

  ≥ 6 mm

104

100%

104

0

0

 4–6 mm

87

93.1%

81

6

2

  ≤ 4 mm

67

86.5%

58

9

2

C-VIBE

  ≥ 6 mm

104

84.6%

88

16

2

 4–6 mm

87

62.0%

54

33

4

  ≤ 4 mm

67

35.8%

24

43

2