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Table 4 Results for Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for the diagnosis of osteomyelitis with 18F-FDG PET(/CT or /MRI) and MRI of the current study compared to results from literature

From: Diagnostic value of hybrid FDG-PET/MR imaging of chronic osteomyelitis

 

Modality

Cases

Year

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Accuracy (95% CI)

Goebel

18F-FDG PET

50

2007

92% (78–98%)

69% (39–91%)

86% (73–94%)

Hartmann

18F-FDG PET/CT

33

2006

94% (73–100%)

87% (60–98%)

91% (76–98%)

Wenter

18F-FDG PET

55

2016

86% (67–96%)

59% (39–78%)

73% (59–84%)

Wenter

18F-FDG PET/CT

94

2016

90% (77–97%)

71% (57–83%)

80% (70–87%)

Demirev

18F-FDG PET

27

2014

82% (57–96%)

90% (56–100%)

85% (66–96%)

Hulsen

18F-FDG PET/MRI

36

2021

78% (56–93%)

100% (75–100%)

86% (71–95%)

Demirev

MRI

27

2014

88% (64–99%)

70% (35–93%)

81% (62–94%)

Goebel

MRI

18

2007

82% (48–98%)

43% (10–82%)

67% (41–87%)

  1. From the study by Wenter et al., only the results for cases without an implant were used for valid comparison