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Table 5 Qualitative and statistical analysis results of BBTI for the diagnosis of DVT using consensus CE-CMRV as the reference standard

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance black-blood thrombus imaging for the diagnosis of acute deep vein thrombosis at 1.5 Tesla

Vessel segments

Sensitivity (%) Reader1 /Reader 2

Specificity (%) Reader1 /Reader 2

Positive predictive value (%) Reader1 /Reader 2

Negative predictive value (%) Reader1 /Reader 2

Accuracy (%) Reader1 /Reader 2

Abdominopelvic veins

98.5 / 98.5

100 / 100

100 / 100

99.3 / 99.3

99.5 / 99.5

Femoral-popliteal veins

98.9 / 96.7

98.0 / 98.6

96.8 / 97.8

99.3 / 98.0

98.3 / 97.9

Calf veins

81.4 / 79.1

99.0 / 97.9

94.6 / 89.5

95.9 / 95.4

95.7 / 94.4

The superficial veins

100 / 88.9

100 / 99.1

100 / 88.9

100 / 99.1

100 / 98.3

Collateral branch veins

100 / 94.4

90.5 / 90.5

81.8 / 81.0

100 / 97.4

93.3 / 91.7

Overall

95.2 / 93.0

98.6 / 98.3

96.0 / 95.0

98.3 / 97.5

97.7 / 96.9

  1. Note: BBTI black-blood magnetic resonance thrombus imaging, CE-CMRV contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance venography