Review Article

Diagnostic Performance of Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in the Postchemotherapy Management of Patients with Seminoma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Technical aspects of  18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in the included studies.

AuthorsDevice 18F-FDG mean injected doseTime between 18F-FDG injection and image acquisitionImage analysis

Ambrosini et al. [6]PET/CT3–5.7 MBq/kg60 minVisual
Bachner et al. [7]PETNRNRVisual
Siekiera et al. [8]PET/CTNRNRVisual
Hinz et al. [9]PETNR45–60 minVisual and semiquantitative
Lewis et al. [10]PETNRNRVisual
De Santis et al. [11]PET370 MBq>45 minVisual
Spermon et al. [12]PET200–220 MBq60 minVisual and semiquantitative
Hain et al. [13]PET320 MBqNRVisual
Ganjoo et al. [14]PET370 MBq60 minVisual and semiquantitative

NR: not reported; PET: positron emission tomography; CT: computed tomography.