Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods to Assess Vasculitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Number of studies</td><td align="left">Description</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">3</td><td align="left">Visual grading scale (0–3) and TVS</td></tr><tr><td align="left">3</td><td align="left">Highest SUVmax vascular/liver ratio</td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">Average SUVmax vascular/liver ratio</td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">Highest SUVmax vascular/lung ratio</td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">Average SUVmax vascular/lung ratio</td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">Highest  SUVmax arterial/venous ratio</td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">Average  SUVmax arterial/venous ratio</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

18F-FDG PET and PET/CT semiquantitative diagnostic criteria.

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Table 3: Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods to Assess Vasculitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography 

Table 3 | Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods to Assess Vasculitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography 