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Table 4 Diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/MRI and PET/CT from including studies

From: Comparison of whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MRI for distant metastases in patients with malignant tumors: a meta-analysis

Imaging tool

Clinical settings

No. of studies

(no. of patients)

Independent estimates

Likelihood ratio

AUC

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

PLR (95% CI)

NLR (95% CI)

PET/MRI

All studies

14(1042)

0.87(0.77–0.93)

0.97(0.93–0.98)

25.1(12.1–52.1)

0.13(0.07–0.24)

0.98

PET/CT

All studies

14(1042)

0.81(0.70–0.88)

0.97(0.92–0.99)

23.1(9.5–56.0)

0.20(0.13–0.32)

0.95

PET/MRI

Lung cancer

5(429)

0.84(0.71–0.92)

0.96(0.88–0.99)

21.8(6.9–68.7)

0.16(0.09–0.30)

0.95

PET/CT

Lung cancer

5(429)

0.87(0.77–0.93)

0.95(0.85–0.98)

16.6(5.6–49.2)

0.13(0.07–0.24)

0.94

PET/MRI

Breast cancer

3(182)

0.95(0.87–0.99)

0.96(0.90–0.97)

15.9(4.2–60.6)

0.09(0.03–0.24)

0.98

PET/CT

Breast cancer

3(182)

0.87 (0.76–0.94)

0.94 (0.88–0.98)

11.1 (2.6–47.9)

0.18(0.07–0.46)

0.94

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, PLR Positive likelihood ratio, NLR Negative likelihood ratio, AUC Area under summary receiver operating characteristic curve