Visibility of the DESS-WE and CISS images for the localization of parotid tumors (n = 30)
| Imaging Findings | Surgical Findings | Diagnostic Performance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Lobe + | Deep Lobe − | AUC (95% CI) | Accuracy | Sensitivity | Specificity | |
| DESS-WE | ||||||
| Deep lobe + | 4 | 3 | 0.942 (0.792–0.994) | 90% | 100% | 88.5% |
| Deep lobe − | 0 | 23 | ||||
| CISS | ||||||
| Deep lobe + | 4 | 1 | 0.981 (0.850–1.000) | 96.7% | 100% | 96.2% |
| Deep lobe − | 0 | 25 | ||||
| P | 0.1489 | |||||
Note:—AUC indicates area under the curve.