The use of PET-MRI in the follow-up after radiofrequency- and microwave ablation of colorectal liver metastases

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 1 Questionnaire comparing PET-CT and PET-MRI (completed following fourth PET-MRI)

Questions about the PET-MRI
It was comfortable	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
I felt scared	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
It took too long	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
The noise bothered me	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
I was reluctant to undergo the scan	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
It went better than expected	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
The PET-MRI contrast agents caused discomfort	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
Questions about the PET-CT
It was comfortable	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
I felt scared	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
It took too long	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
The noise bothered me	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
I was reluctant to undergo the scan	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
It went better than expected	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
The PET-CT contrast agents caused discomfort	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
Comparing PET-CT to PET-MRI
The PET-MRI was less of a burden than the PET-CT	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
It didn’t matter that the PET-MRI took longer than the PET-CT	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
If the results are equally good, I prefer the PET-MRI over the PET-CT	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
If the results of the PET-MRI are better than the PET/CT, I would prefer the PET-MRI over the PET-CT	0	1	2	3	4	5	n/a
Comments

0: Don’t know. 1: Strongly disagree. 2: Disagree. 3: Neither agree nor disagree. 4: Agree. 5: Strongly agree. n/a: not applicable.

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