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Table 3 Diagnostic results of nodal staging of the neck (N-staging) in twenty-seven patients on a "per patient" basis (positive vs. negative neck; N + vs. N0)

From: Diagnostic value of retrospective PET-MRI fusion in head-and-neck cancer

  Imaging modality

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

MRI

94% (15/16)

64% (7/11)

79% (15/19)

88% (7/8)

PET

94% (15/16)

91% (10/11)

94% (15/16)

91% (10/11)

Side by Side

94% (15/16)

82% (9/11)

88% (15/17)

90% (9/10)

Fusion

94% (15/16)

82% (9/11)

88% (15/17)

90% (9/10)