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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Jan;42(1):e8–e15. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001432

TABLE 2.

Frequency of Examinations in Which Additional PET Information Changed the Level of Suspicion for Tumor and the Fraction of Such Cases in Which the Change Was Considered Correct Based on the Reference Standard

Impact of PET/MRI Relative to MRI Alone Bladder Pelvic Lymph Nodes Nonnodal Pelvis
Any change in suspicion % Of all patients 36% (8/22) 52% (11/21)     9% (2/22)
% Correct 75% (6/8) 91% (10/11) 100% (2/2)
Increase in suspicion % Of patients with change in suspicion 50% (4/8) 36% (4/11)   100% (2/2)
% Correct 75% (3/4) 100% (4/4)     100% (2/2)
Decrease in suspicion % Of patients with change in suspicion 50% (4/8) 64% (7/11)       0% (0/2)
% Correct 75% (3/4) 86% (6/7)           N/A