Research Article

Improved Performance of Compartments in Detecting the Activity of Axial Spondyloarthritis Based on IVIM DWI with Optimized Threshold Value

Table 5

ROC curve analysis for , , and in the active, inactive, and control groups.

ParameterActive group-inactive group AUC [cutoff value] (sensitivity, specificity, accuracy)Active group-control group AUC [cutoff value] (sensitivity, specificity, accuracy)Inactive group-control group AUC [cutoff value] (sensitivity, specificity, accuracy)

 s/mm2
(10-3 mm2/s)0.877 [0.654]0.981 [0.501]0.778 [0.307]
(0.825, 0.840, 0.837)(0.875, >0.999, 0.900)(0.701, 0.750, 0.707)
(%)0.499 [-] (-)0.551 [8.510]
(0.875, 0.350, 0.700)
0.548 [8.614]
(0.840, 0.350, 0.780)
(10-3 mm2/s)0.283 [-] (-)0.145 [-] (-)0.283 [-] (-)
 s/mm2
(10-3 mm2/s)0.882 [0.578]0.981 [0.538]0.776 [0.298]
(0.900, 0.806, 0.821)(0.900, >0.999, 0.933)(0.757, 0.700, 0.756)
(%)0.595 [25.343]0.632 [25.164]0.565 [13.669]
(0.475, 0.757, 0.696)(0.475, 0.850, 0.600)(0.833, 0.350, 0.774)
(10-3 mm2/s)0.306 [-] (-)0.214 [-] (-)0.352 [-] (-)
Threshold  s/mm2
(10-3 mm2/s)0.881 [0.605]0.980 [0.519]0.794 [0.304]
(0.875, 0.833, 0.842)(0.900, >0.999, 0.933)(0.722, 0.750, 0.720)
(%)0.613 [13.743]0.738 [14.486]0.644 [14.474]
(0.875, 0.410, 0.512)(0.800, 0.750, 0.783)(0.576, 0.750, 0.598)
(10-3 mm2/s)0.316 [-] (-)0.205 [-] (-)0.346 [-] (-)

Data are areas under the curve. Numbers in parentheses are cutoff values. AUC: area under the curve; ROC: receiver operating characteristic; : pure diffusion coefficient; : perfusion fraction; : pseudoperfusion coefficient.