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Table 5 Comparison of number of positive lymphoma lesions detected by FDG-PET/CT, FDG-PET/MRI, and WB-DW-MRI

From: Diagnostic performance of FDG-PET/MRI and WB-DW-MRI in the evaluation of lymphoma: a prospective comparison to standard FDG-PET/CT

 

PET/CT = PET/MRI

WB-DW-MRI

Detectability rate with WB-DW-MRI

P value

Lesions detected

188

125

66.5 %

<0.001

Nodal disease

170

115

67.6 %

<0.001

Extranodal disease

18

10

55.6 %

0.004

Staging

113

73

64.6 %

0.008

Restaging

75

52

69.3 %

0.010

Interim

16

9

56.3 %

0.169

End of treatment

12

6

50.0 %

0.083

Surveillance

47

37

78.7 %

0.058

High-grade

127

81

63.8 %

0.003

Low-grade

61

46

75.4 %

0.032

HD

66

40

60.6 %

0.006

DLBCL

61

41

67.2 %

0.009

  1. Abbreviations: HD Hodgkin’s disease, DLBCL diffuse large B-cell lymphoma