• Eur J Radiol · Nov 2013

    Depiction and characterization of liver lesions in whole body [¹⁸F]-FDG PET/MRI.

    • Karsten Beiderwellen, Benedikt Gomez, Christian Buchbender, Verena Hartung, Thorsten D Poeppel, Felix Nensa, Hilmar Kuehl, Andreas Bockisch, and Thomas C Lauenstein.
    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany. Electronic address: karsten.beiderwellen@uk-essen.de.
    • Eur J Radiol. 2013 Nov 1; 82 (11): e669-75.

    ObjectivesTo assess the value of PET/MRI with [(18)F]-FDG using a whole body protocol for the depiction and characterization of liver lesions in comparison to PET/CT.Methods70 patients (31 women, 39 men) with solid tumors underwent [(18)F]-FDG PET/CT and followed by an additional PET/MRI using an integrated scanner. Two readers rated the datasets (PET/CT; PET/MRI) regarding conspicuity of hepatic lesions (4-point ordinal scale) and diagnostic confidence (5-point ordinal scale). Median scores for lesion conspicuity and diagnostic confidence were compared using Wilcoxon's rank sum test. Prior examinations, histopathology and clinical follow-up (116 ± 54 days) served as standard of reference.Results36 of 70 (51%) patients showed liver lesions. Using PET/CT and PET/MRI all patients with liver metastases could correctly be identified. A total of 97 lesions were found (malignant n=26; benign n=71). For lesion conspicuity significantly higher scores were obtained for PET/MRI in comparison to PET/CT (p<0.001). Significantly better performance for diagnostic confidence was observed in PET/MRI, both for malignant as for benign lesions (p<0.001).ConclusionsPET/MRI, even in the setting of a whole body approach, provides higher lesion conspicuity and diagnostic confidence compared to PET/CT and may therefore evolve as an attractive alternative in oncologic imaging.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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