BMC Medical Imaging

Table 5 The performance of significant histogram parameters for differentiating different ALN status

From: The value of whole-lesion histogram analysis based on field‑of‑view optimized and constrained undistorted single shot (FOCUS) DWI for predicting axillary lymph node status in early-stage breast cancer

Comparison and parameter	AUC (95% CI)	P value
N₀ versus N_1–2 and N_≥3
Energy	0.796 (0.698–0.894)	0.000
Maximum	0.654 (0.529–0.780)	0.017
Range	0.658 (0.534–0.782)	0.015
Size	0.754 (0.645–0.863)	0.000
N₀ and N_1–2 versus N_≥3
Energy	0.853 (0.751–0.956)	0.000
Maximum	0.746 (0.616–0.876)	0.001
90 Percentile	0.689 (0.543–0.834)	0.012
Range	0.745 (0.619–0.871)	0.001
Size	0.809 (0.694–0.924)	0.000
N_1–2 versus N_≥3
Energy	0.744 (0.561–0.926)	0.013
Maximum	0.716 (0.544–0.888)	0.028
90 Percentile	0.703 (0.524–0.882)	0.039
Size	0.739 (0.577–0.901)	0.015

AUC area under the ROC curve, CI confidence interval
p values were calculated by using the Mann–Whitney U test

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2342

Contact us

General enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com