Research Article
A Comparison of Imaging Techniques to Monitor Tumor Growth and Cancer Progression in Living Animals
Table 2
MRI and FDG-PET performance for tumor identification assessed using RET-AAD mice.
| | FDG-PET | T2W-MRI |
| | Number of mice | 10 RET-AAD mice, 4 control mice | 6 RET-AAD mice, 4 control mice | | Number of tumors (necropsy) | 34 | 26 | | Number of tumors (imaging) | 28 | 22 | | Positive predictive value | 86% | 95% | | Sensitivity | 70% | 81% | | Specificity | 98% | 99% |
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