Review Article
18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/CT Scanning in Diagnosing Vascular Prosthetic Graft Infection
Table 1
Summary of literature data regarding the use of 18F-FDG PET imaging requested in suspected vascular graft infection.
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1True positive. 2True negative. 3False positive. 4False negative. *Sensitivity. **Specificity. aFive-point scale intensity of FDG uptake. bThree point scale intensity of FDG uptake. cFour point scale intensity of FDG uptake. dSUVmax cut off value. † Results for both FDG-PET and fused FDG-PET-CT, judged by a nuclear medicine physician. |