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Table 6 Pooled results

From: Hybrid FDG-PET/MR imaging of chronic osteomyelitis: a prospective case series

Number

Age/sex

PET/MRI and PET/CT diagnosis

Definitive diagnosis based on

PET/MRI vs PET/CT discrepancies

SUVmaxPET/MRI to SUVmaxPET/CT

ratio

TBRPET/MRI to TBRPET/CT ratio

1

53/M

OM, 3B

N/A

None

0.7

1.0

2

49/F

OM, 3B

Clinical follow-up and surgical experience

Fistula missed on PET/CT

1.3

2.0

3

63/M

OM, 3B

Microbiology

None

1.1

1.3

4

26/M

OM, 3B

Microbiology

None

1.3

1.8

5

48/F

Osteitis

Microbiology

None

0.6

0.8

  1. OM osteomyelitis, followed by the Cierny-Mader type and class