[18F]FDG PET/CT in non-union: improving the diagnostic performances by using both PET and CT criteria.

Martina SolliniNicoletta TrentiEmiliano MalagoliMarco CatalanoLorenzo Di MentoAlexander KirienkoMarco BerlusconiArturo ChitiLidija Antunovic

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2019)

[18F]FDG PET/CT is a promising tool for diagnoses of infected non-unions. Both PET and CT images should be interpreted to achieve a high sensitivity (92%) and a very good negative post-test probability (12%).

Keyphrases

computed tomography
positron emission tomography
dual energy
image quality
contrast enhanced
pet ct
pet imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
deep learning
optical coherence tomography
convolutional neural network
magnetic resonance
machine learning