Diagnostic Accuracy of Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in the Evaluation of the Primary Tumor in Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Technical characteristics of the included studies.

Authors	Year	Device	^18F-FDG mean injected dose (MBq)	Time between ^18F-FDG injection and image acquisition (min)	Image analysis	Other imaging methods performer
Fritscher-Ravens et al. [6]	2001	PET	Range: 320–400	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CT and ERCP
Kluge et al. [7]	2001	PET	370	50	Visual and semiquantitative	US, CT, MR, and ERCP
Kato et al. [8]	2002	PET	NR	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CT
Kim et al. [9]	2003	PET	370	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CR, MR, ERCP, and PTC
Anderson et al. [10]	2004	PET	370	60	Visual	CT and MR
Reinhardt et al. [11]	2005	PET/CT	369	101	Visual and semiquantitative	ERCP
Wakabayashi et al. [12]	2005	PET	185	60	Visual	CT, ERCP, and PTC
Petrowsky et al. [13]	2006	PET/CT	370	45	Visual and semiquantitative	CT, ERCP, and PTC
Prytz et al. [14]	2006	PET	300	Dynamic 0–90	Visual and quantitative	US, CT, MR, ERCP, and PTC
Nishiyama et al. [15]	2007	PET	3/kg	70	Visual and semiquantitative	US, CT, and MR
Corvera et al. [16]	2008	PET	Range: 370–555	NR	Visual and semiquantitative	US, CT, and MR
Furukawa et al. [17]	2008	PET	Range: 200–250	60	Visual	US and CT
Kim et al. [18]	2008	PET/CT	370	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CR, CT, MR, ERCP, and PTC
Li et al. [19]	2008	PET/CT	350	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CT, MR, and ERCP
Moon et al. [20]	2008	PET	370	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CT
Lee et al. [21]	2010	PET/CT	Range: 370–555	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CT and ERCP
Alkhawaldeh et al. [22]	2011	PET/CT	2.52/kg	100	Visual and semiquantitative	ERCP
Kitamura et al. [23]	2011	PET/CT	250	60	Visual and semiquantitative	US, CT, MR, ERCP, PTC, and HS
Ruys et al. [24]	2011	PET	296	50	Visual and semiquantitative	CT, MR, ERCP, and PTC
Yamada et al. [25]	2012	PET	4.5/kg	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CT, MR, and ERCP
Albazaz et al. [3]	2013	PET-CT	400	60	Visual and semiquantitative	CT and MR
Choi et al. [1]	2013	PET/CT	Range: 370–555	60	Visual and semiquantitative	US, CT, and MR
Lee et al. [2]	2013	PET/CT	Range: 370–555	60	Visual and semiquantitative	US, CT, MR, and ERCP

NR: not reported; CT: computed tomography; ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; MR: magnetic resonance; US: ultrasonography; PTC: percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; HS: hepatobiliary scintigraphy.