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Table 2 Technical aspects of the included studies

From: Effectiveness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of osteosarcoma: a meta-analysis of 26 studies

Study, year

Image device

Injected dose

Time between injection and image acquisition

PET image analysis

Kole, 1998 [13]

PET

370 MBq

50 min

Visual

Schulte, 1999 [14]

PET

120–300 MBq

45–60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Franzius, 2000 [15]

PET

3.7 MBq/kg

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Schulte, 2000 [16]

PET

120–300 MBq

45–60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Franzius, 2001 [17]

PET

3.7 MBq/kg

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Franzius, 2002 [18]

PET

3.7 MBq/kg

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Yanagawa, 2003 [19]

PET

4.5 MBq/kg

50 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Kneisl, 2006 [20]

PET

444–740 MBq

60 min

Visual

Iagaru, 2006 [21]

PET/CT

151.7–721.5 MBq

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Volker, 2007 [22]

PET

NR

NR

Visual

Shin, 2008 [23]

PET/CT

8.14 MBq/kg

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Charest, 2009 [24]

PET/CT

379–500 MBq

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Hawkins, 2009 [25]

PET

259–370 MBq

45 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Benz, 2010 [26]

PET/CT

7.77 MBq/kg

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Lindholm, 2011 [27]

PET/CT

370 MBq

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Bandopadhyaya, 2012 [30]

PET/CT

370 MBq

60 min

Visual

Cistaro, 2012 [28]

PET/CT

120–277 MBq

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Ozkan, 2012 [29]

PET/CT

555 MBq

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Bai, 2013 [33]

PET/CT

3.5–5.7 MBq/kg

40–60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Byun, 2013 [31]

PET/CT

7.4 MBq/kg or 370 MBq

60 min

Visual

Kong, 2013 [32]

PET/CT

8.14 MBq/kg

NR

Visual and semiquantitative

Chang, 2015 [35]

PET/CT

7.4 MBq/kg or 370 MBq

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Quartuccio, 2015 [34]

PET/CT

113–596 MBq

72 min

Visual

Hurley, 2016 [36]

PET/CT

5.55 MBq/kg

60 min

Visual and semiquantitative

Angelini, 2017 [38]

PET/CT

5.55 MBq/kg

NR

Visual and semiquantitative

Sharp, 2017 [37]

PET/CT

5.18 or 5.55 MBq/kg

60 min

Visual

  1. NR not reported