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SynthesisThe British journal of radiology2022

Diagnostic test accuracies of F-18 FDG PET for characterisation of cardiac masses compared to conventional imaging techniques: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Keunyoung Kim, Woo Seog Ko, Seong-Jang Kim

Open access · greenAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in The British journal of radiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Advancing cardiac tumor diagnosis: evaluatingAmerican journal of cardiovascular disease · 2026
    Review
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Keunyoung KimPusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.
Woo Seog KoPusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.
Seong-Jang KimPusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.
Pusan National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe present systematic review and meta-analysis compared the diagnostic performance of F-18 fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (

methodsA literature search of the PubMed, Cochrane, and EMBASE databases for studies comparing the diagnostic accuracies of

resultsOf six included studies (

conclusionADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: No previous studies have comprehensively analysed the diagnostic performance of

Indexed as

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18Positron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHumansPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsSensitivity and SpecificityFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

Identifiers

PMID35612548
PMCPMC10996329
OpenAlexW4281493491

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