TABLE 3

Area Under ROC Curves Comparing Each Expert with RENEX Using Consensus Reading of Other 2 Experts as Gold Standard (n = 185)

Area under ROC curve
Gold standardExpert vs. RENEXMethod 1*P valueMethod 2P value
Expert 1 and expert 2Expert 30.930.570.930.27
RENEX0.940.94
Expert 1 and expert 3Expert 20.930.710.930.42
RENEX0.940.95
Expert 2 and expert 3Expert 10.920.820.920.55
RENEX0.940.95
  • * Method 1 gives areas under curve obtained when equivocal case was treated as obstructed.

  • Method 2 gives areas under curve when equivocal case was treated as not obstructed.