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Detection of Bone Metastases: Assessment of Integrated FDG PET/CT Imaging<sup>1</sup>

Al V. Taira, Robert J. Herfkens, Sam S. Gambhir, Andrew Quon

Radiology · 2007 · 108 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

PET/CT has a very high PPV for bone metastases (98%) when the findings at PET and CT are concordant; however, in lesions with discordant PET and CT findings at the integrated examination, PPV is markedly diminished.

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