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Table 2 Comparison of the performance of 18 F-FDG PET-CT and 99m Tc-MDP whole-body bone scanning in the detection of osteolytic bone metastases

From: A comparative study of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and 99mTc-MDP whole-body bone scanning for imaging osteolytic bone metastases

 

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Accuracy (%)

18F-FDG PET-CT

94.3 (91.6, 96.2)

83.3 (43.6, 96.9)

94.2 (91.5, 96.1)

99mTc-MDP

50.2 (45.5, 55.1)

50.0 (18.8, 81.2)

50.2 (45.5, 55.1)

p value

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

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BMC Medical Imaging

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