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Table 4 Results of the association between the characteristics observed by color Doppler and pulsed Doppler with malignant cutaneous and subcutaneous canine neoplasms and their predictive values (cut-off value, sensibility, specificity, and area under the curve) for those with P < 0.05

From: Malignancy prediction of cutaneous and subcutaneous neoplasms in canines using B-mode ultrasonography, Doppler, and ARFI elastography

Characteristic

P-value

Cut-off value

Se (%)

Sp (%)

AUC (%)

Intensity

0.211

Location

0.617

Patter

0.171

Systolic peak

0.635

Diastolic velocity

0.971

Resistivity index

0.071

Pulsatility index

0.015

> 0.93

90.50

55.60

75.70

  1. Se sensitivity; Sp specificity; AUC area under the curve