Table 2

Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves

NeurologistsRadiologistsAll observers
sDWI0.86 (0.82 to 0.90)0.82 (0.77 to 0.88)0.84 (0.81 to 0.87)
vDWI0.86 (0.82 to 0.90)0.83 (0.77 to 0.89)0.85 (0.82 to 0.88)
FLAIR0.69 (0.63 to 0.75)0.66 (0.58 to 0.73)0.68 (0.63 to 0.72)
  • Means (95% CIs) are indicated.

  • DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; FLAIR, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery; sDWI, standardised DWI; vDWI, variable DWI.