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ArticleEuropean radiology2017

Evaluation of

Lino M Sawicki, Cornelius Deuschl, Karsten Beiderwellen, Verena Ruhlmann, Thorsten D Poeppel, Philipp Heusch, Harald Lahner, Dagmar Führer, Andreas Bockisch, Ken Herrmann and 3 more

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Article in European radiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lino M SawickiDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Faculty, University Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany. linomorris.sawicki@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.
Cornelius DeuschlDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Karsten BeiderwellenDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Verena RuhlmannDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Thorsten D PoeppelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Philipp HeuschDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Faculty, University Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Harald LahnerDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Endocrine Tumour Center at WTZ and ENETS Center of Excellence, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, D-45122, Essen, Germany.
Dagmar FührerDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Endocrine Tumour Center at WTZ and ENETS Center of Excellence, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, D-45122, Essen, Germany.
Andreas BockischDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Ken HerrmannDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Michael ForstingDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
Gerald AntochDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Faculty, University Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Lale UmutluDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany.
University of Duisburg-Essen · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEEuropean Neuroendocrine Tumor Society · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo compare the diagnostic performance of

methodsThirty patients with histopathologically confirmed NET underwent PET/CT and PET/MRI in a single-injection protocol. PET/CT and PET/MRI scans were prospectively evaluated with regard to lesion count, localization, nature (NET/non-NET), and conspicuity (four-point scale). Histopathology and follow-up imaging served as the reference standards. The proportions of NET and non-NET lesions rated correctly were compared using McNemar's chi-squared test. The Wilcoxon test was used to assess differences in SUVmax and lesion conspicuity. The correlation between the SUVmax for the same lesions from each modality was analysed using Pearson's correlation coefficient (r).

resultsAccording to the reference standard, there were 197 lesions (142 NET, 55 non-NET). Lesion-based analysis showed a higher proportion of correctly rated NET lesions on PET/MRI than on PET/CT (90.8% vs. 86.7%, p = 0.031), whereas on PET/CT there was a higher proportion of correctly rated non-NET lesions (94.5% vs. 83.6%, p = 0.031). SUVmax was strongly correlated (r = 0.86; p < 0.001) and did not differ significantly (p = 0.35) between the modalities. Overall conspicuity and NET lesion conspicuity were higher on PET/MRI (both p < 0.01).

conclusionsGa-DOTATOC PET/MRI yielded a higher proportion of correctly rated NET lesions and should be regarded as a valuable alternative to KEY POINTS: •

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