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Table 4 Validity of MRI and NIRS in evaluation of low-grade cartilage lesions

From: Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. A new method for arthroscopic evaluation of low grade degenerated cartilage lesions. Results of a pilot study

 

MRI

NIRS

Correctly positive test

19

20

Correctly negative test

15

27

False positive test

13

1

False negative test

1

0

Sensitivity

0.950

1.000

Specificity

0.536

0.964

Positive predictive value

0.678

0.714

Negative predictive value

0.937

1.000

Likelihood ratio positive test

2.05

27.7

Likelihood ratio negative test

0.093

Accuracy

0.708

0.979