Table 1.

Study Characteristics of the Included Studies.

Source Study	Year	Case Date Range	Study Design	Sample Size	Region	Characteristics of imaging units					Demographic data
						MRI			CT
						Interval CT/MRI (days)	Field strength	Image Unit Manufacturer	Detector rows	Attenuation threshold (HU)	Men	Age (years)	Age range (years)
Adams et al.	2017	01/2014–10/2016	retrospective	346	Germany	<90	1.5	Siemens	64, 320	130	173	58.7	18–95
Bai et al.	2013	06/ 2011–09/2012	prospective	76	China	N/A	3	Siemens	16	100	76	69.5	49–91
Barbosa et al.	2015	N/A	retrospective	6	Brazil	90 (1 with 300)	3	Philips	16	N/A	4	N/A	41–54
Berberat et al.	2014	N/A	retrospective	11	Switzerland	N/A	1.5	Siemens	320	N/A		58.9	39–74
Chen et al.	2014	03/2010–08/2010	prospective	38	China	0.5–5	3	GE Healthcare	16	100	24	33	6–75
Dou et al.	2016	06/2011–10/2014	prospective	156	China	N/A	3	N/A	16	100	156	67.2	56–83
Gronemeyer et al.	1992	N/A	unclear	19	USA	N/A	1, 1.5	Siemens	N/A	200	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saini et al.	2009	2006–2009	retrospective	137	India	N/A	1.5	Siemens	N/A	N/A	16	22.6	5–32
Yamada et al.	1996	N/A	prospective	49	Japan	30	1.5	Siemens	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yang et al.	2009	N/A	prospective	18	China	N/A	3	Siemens	64	130	11	65	39–79
Zhu et al.	2008	09/2007–12/2007	prospective	35	China	<1	1.5	GE Healthcare	16	90	19	39	09–65
Zulfiqar et al.	2012	2001–2010	retrospective	71	USA	N/A	1.5, 3	GE, Philips, Siemens	N/A		33	42.5	14.5–78.5

Note. – N/A = data not available.