This positive predictive value of 78.5% leads the researchers to estimate that if 5 patients with multinodular goiter exhibited the delayed washout pattern on DCE-MRI, 4 will probably have malignant lesions in the thyroid gland.

• 通过78.；5%25的阳性率使研究者们声称，如果5位多发甲状腺节结具有造影增强的延后消退的影像，那么其中的4位在甲状腺中有恶性的病理变化。