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Table 3. Improvement in confidence of each observer in assigning ¹⁸F-FDG-avid lesions to an anatomical territory when using ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT, as compared with ¹⁸F-FDG PET alone.

	¹⁸F-FDG PET alone		¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT
	Lesion detectability	Anatomical localisation	Lesion detectabilitya	Anatomical localisationa	(%) Improve- ment
Observer 1	21	12	23	23	57
Observer 2	21	9	23	23	43
Observer 3	21	11	23	23	52
		51%		100%	51

¹⁸F-FDG PET=2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose; CT=computed tomography.

Includes two lesions identified on enhanced CT, which did not show ¹⁸F-FDG uptake and were subsequently confirmed to be benign enlarged cervical nodes on histology.

Table 3. Improvement in confidence of each observer in assigning 18F-FDG-avid lesions to an anatomical territory when using 18F-FDG PET/CT, as compared with 18F-FDG PET alone.

Table 3. Improvement in confidence of each observer in assigning ¹⁸F-FDG-avid lesions to an anatomical territory when using ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT, as compared with ¹⁸F-FDG PET alone.