Clinical Study
Comparison of Five Parathyroid Scintigraphic Protocols
Table 1
Number of adenomas and hyperplastic glands and image findings for physician 1.
| Patient number | Gland number | Weight (mg) | Findings for image set | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 170 | FN | FN | NA | FN | FN | 1 | 2 | 570 | TP | TP | NA | FN | TP | 2 | 3 | 980 | TP | TP | FN | FN | TP | 3 | 4 | 830 | TP | TP | FN | TP | TP | 4 | 5 | 1280 | TP | TP | FN | FN | TP | 4 | 6 | 840 | TP | FN | FN | FN | TP | 4 | 7 | 2140 | TP | TP | FN | FN | TP | 5 | 8 | NA | TP | TP | NA | FN | TP | 6 | 9 | 1200 | TP | TP | NA | FN | TP | 7 | 10 | 960 | TP | TP | TP | TP | TP | 8 | 11 | 1880 | TP | TP | TP | FN | TP | 9 | 12 | 1160 | FN | TP | FN | FN | FN | 10 | 13 | 299 | TP | TP | FN | FN | TP | 11 | 14 | 200 | FN | FN | FN | FN | FN | 12 | 15 | 260 | TP | TP | FN | FN | TP | 13 | 16 | 570 | TP | TP | TP | TP | TP | 14 | 17 | 370 | TP | TP | FN | FN | TP | 15 | 18 | 300 | TP | FN | NA | FN | FN | 15 | 19 | 400 | TP | TP | NA | FN | TP | 15 | 20 | NA | TP | TP | NA | FN | TP | 16 | 21 | 510 | TP | TP | NA | FN | TP | 17 | 22 | 340 | TP | TP | FN | FN | TP | 18 | 23 | NA | TP | TP | TP | FN | TP | 19 | 24 | 420 | FN | FN | TP | FN | FN | 20 | 25 | 300 | FN | TP | NA | FN | FN | 20 | 26 | NA | TP | TP | NA | FN | TP | 21 | 27 | 520 | TP | TP | NA | FN | TP | 22 | 28 | 400 | TP | TP | FN | FN | TP | 23 | 29 | 550 | TP | TP | TP | TP | TP | 24 | 30 | 160 | FN | FN | FN | FN | FN |
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TP: true positive for abnormal parathyroid gland; FN: false negative for abnormal parathyroid gland; NA: image set not available for patient.
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