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Table 1 Performance characteristics per patient and per polyp

From: Comparison of the diagnostic performance of CT colonography interpreted by radiologists and radiographers

Analysis according to patient (with polyps ≥6 mm)

Sensitivity

Specificity

(% [95 % CI])

  Radiographer R1

76.2 [54.9–89.4]

81.8 [70.9–89.3]

  Radiographer R2

71.4 [50.0–86.2]

83.3 [72.6–90.4]

  Radiographer R3

85.7 [65.4–95.0]

81.8 [70.9–89.3]

  Radiographer R4

71.4 [50.0–86.2]

78.8 [67.5–86.9]

  Radiologist R5

66.7 [45.4–82.8]

87.9 [77.9–93.7]

  Radiologist R6

85.7 [65.4–95.0]

74.2 [62.6–83.3]

Average reader values

  Radiographers

76.2 [61.4–91.0]

81.4 [73.7–89.2]

  Radiologists

76.2 [61.7–90.6]

81.1 [73.8–88.3]

Analysis according to polyp

Sensitivity

Size category

≥6 mm

≥10 mm

  Radiographer R1

53.8 [39.9–67.8]

50.0 [27.3–72.7]

  Radiographer R2

56.4 [40.3–72.5]

61.5 [37.4–85.7]

  Radiographer R3

71.8 [61.2–82.4]

60.0 [38.8–81.2]

  Radiographer R4

59.0 [44.3–73.6]

71.4 [50.1–92.8]

  Radiologist R5

51.3 [36.7–65.9]

66.7 [45.3–88.0]

  Radiologist R6

67.6 [48.9–86.3]

71.4 [43.4–99.4]

Average reader values

  Radiographers

60.3 [50.3–70.3]

60.7 [42.2–79.2]

  Radiologists

59.2 [46.4–72.0]

69.0 [48.1–89.6]