Table 1 Procedure to identify LLOM positive cases using visual assessments
From: Diagnostic performance of quantitative Ga-SPECT/CT for patients with lower-limb osteomyelitis
Diagnosis | Modality | Image findings |
|---|---|---|
LLOM | CT | Osteolytic and sclerotic lesions |
Planar imaging | Higher accumulation than background | |
SPECT | Higher accumulation than background muscle tissue | |
SPECT/CT | Osteolytic and sclerotic lesions with higher accumulation than background muscle tissue | |
CE | CT | Increased attenuation lesions in subdermal soft tissue |
Planar imaging | Higher accumulation in subdermal soft tissue than background | |
SPECT | Higher accumulation in subdermal soft tissue than background | |
SPECT/CT | Increased attenuation lesions inside subdermal soft tissue with higher accumulation than background | |
LLOM + CE | CT | Osteolytic and sclerotic lesions in bone marrow, and increased attenuation lesions in subdermal soft tissue |
Planar imaging | Higher accumulation in both subdermal soft tissue and bone than background | |
SPECT | Higher accumulation in both subdermal soft tissue and bone than background | |
SPECT/CT | Osteolytic and sclerotic lesions in bone marrow, and increased attenuation lesions in subdermal soft tissue, with higher accumulation than background |