Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods to Assess Vasculitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Number of studies </td><td align="left">Description</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">2</td><td align="left">Positive/negative or normal/abnormal</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">3</td><td align="left">Visual grading scale<br/>0: none; 1: slight; 2: marked; 3: intense</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">5</td><td align="left">Visual grading scale<br/>0: no uptake; 1: lower than liver; 2: similar to liver; 3: more than liver</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

18F-FDG PET and PET/CT qualitative diagnostic criteria.

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Table 2: Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods to Assess Vasculitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography 

Table 2 | Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods to Assess Vasculitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography 