Table 3 Diagnostic performances of the SUV parameters at 18F-Alfatide PET/CT in patients with NSCLC.

From: A Pilot Study of 18F-Alfatide PET/CT Imaging for Detecting Lymph Node Metastases in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NSCLC

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

%

95%CI

%

95%CI

%

95%CI

%

95%CI

%

95%CI

Visual

100.0

83.2–100

94.9

90.5–97.6

69.0

49.2–84.7

100

97.8–100

95.4

91.5–97.9

SUVmax

90.0

68.3–98.2

96.0

92.0–98.4

72.0

50.6–87.93

98.8

95.4–99.9

95.4

91.5–97.9

SUVmean

85.0

62.1–96.8

92.1

87.0–95.6

54.8

36.0–72.7

98.2

94.8–99.62

91.3

86.5–94.9

SUVLN/PT

85.0

62.1–96.8

81.2

75.3–87.2

34.7

21.7–49.6

98.0

94.2–99.6

82.1

76.1–87.2

SUVLN/MBP

85.0

62.1–96.8

96.0

92.0–98.4

70.8

48.9–87.4

98.3

95.0–99.6

94.9

90.8–97.5

SUVLN/M

100.0

83.2–100

89.2

83.7–93.4

51.3

34.8–67.6

100

97.7–100

90.3

85.3–94.1

  1. NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; LN, lymph node; MBPS, mediastinal blood pool; M, muscle; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; CI, confidence interval; SUV, standardized uptake value.