Table 2.

N staging on a patient-based analysis. Distribution of N staging for MRI alone and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/MRI and comparison with the reference standard

	Standard of reference
N stage MRI	Nodal negative	Nodal positive	Total
Nodal negative	45	20	65
Nodal positive	6	33	39
Total	51	53
Correct N ratings				78 (75.0%)
N stage PET/MRI
Nodal negative	47	13	60
Nodal positive	4	40	44
Total	51	53
Correct N ratings				87 (83.7%)