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Table 2 Results of aggregate diagnostic test characteristics for DWMRI from literature review

From: Cost-comparison analysis of diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWMRI) versus second look surgery for the detection of residual and recurrent cholesteatoma

Imaging sequence

True positives

False positives

False negatives

True negatives

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

EPI sequences (n = 221)

78

10

33

100

0.70

0.91

0.89

0.75

Non-EPI sequences (n = 122)

56

3

7

56

0.89

0.95

0.95

0.89