An Enhanced Diagnostic Model for Incidental Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Using T2-Weighted and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

Fei-fei Chen; Wen-bin Guo; Wang Chai; Wei-feng Guan; Xiao-quan Xu; Yue-ling Ren; Zhi-jiang Han

doi:10.12659/MSM.946759

01 June 2025 : Clinical Research

An Enhanced Diagnostic Model for Incidental Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Using T2-Weighted and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

Fei-fei Chen^{ABCDEF 1,2}, Wen-bin Guo^{BC 1,2}, Wang Chai^{B 1,2}, Wei-feng Guan^{AD 1,2}, Xiao-quan Xu^{A 3}, Yue-ling Ren^{AG 1,2*}, Zhi-jiang Han^{AE 4}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.946759

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e946759

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Table 2 The diagnostic efficacy of T2WI gray scale ratio and multi-b-value DWI in the diagnosis of HT.

	AUC	95% CI		P	Cut off	SEN	SPE	ACC	PPV	NPV
	AUC	Low	Up	P	Cut off	SEN	SPE	ACC	PPV	NPV
T/M	0.75	0.61	0.89	<0.001	1.94	0.52	0.92	0.72	0.87	0.66
T/Tr	0.79	0.66	0.91	<0.001	8.50	0.72	0.80	0.76	0.78	0.74
T/L	0.83	0.72	0.95	<0.001	1.35	0.96	0.64	0.8	0.73	0.94
ADC	0.9	0.81	0.99	<0.001	1.25	0.80	0.92	0.86	0.91	0.82
D	0.79	0.66	0.92	<0.001	0.79	0.72	0.80	0.76	0.78	0.74
D	0.62	0.46	0.78	>0.05	3.03	0.92	0.44	0.68	0.62	0.85
f	0.71	0.57	0.86	<0.001	0.34	0.72	0.68	0.70	0.69	0.71
T/M+T/Tr+ADC	0.94	0.88	1	<0.001	/	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92
AUC – area under curve; SEN – sensitivity; SPE – specificity; ACC – accuracy; PPV – positive predictive value; NPV – negative predictive value.

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An Enhanced Diagnostic Model for Incidental Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Using T2-Weighted and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

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