Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7239139 | Radiology of Infectious Diseases | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Increased SUV, SAD, LAD, and S/L ratio are accurate PET/CT parameters to characterize inflammatory or malignant lymph nodes. SUV has high sensitivity but low specificity, low positive and negative predictive values, and low DOR. The SUVÂ +Â SAD and SUVÂ +Â S/L ratios have higher specificity, positive and negative predictive values, diagnostic accuracy and DOR.
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Authors
Haiyan Wang, Qing Kay Li, Martin Auster, Gary Gong,