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Franson, T., Bardet, S., Loiseau, C., Switsers, O., Allouache, D., Allouache, N., Gunzer, K., Aide, N. |
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Médecine Nucléaire; May 2008, Vol. 32 Issue: 5 p273-280, 8p |
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AimTo evaluate the usefulness of a low dose SPECT/CT and the added value of an additional “diagnostic” centred CT-scan in cancer patients with a solitary focus observed on planar whole-body bone scintigraphy (PWBS) and classified as indeterminate or suspicious.Material and methodsSixty consecutive patients underwent a low dose SPECT/CT acquisition (120kV, 30mAs, 3mm slice thickness) followed by a “diagnostic” CT-scan (120kV, 100mAs, 1.25mm slice thickness) centred on the focus. The first observer considered prospectively WBS, low-dose SPECT/CT and finally the centred SPECT/CT. A blinded review was performed by a second observer.ResultsPWBS depicted solitary indeterminate or suspicious foci in 38 and 22 patients, respectively. SPECT/CT acquisitions clarified 73% (44/60) of the foci. Additional diagnostic CT-scan altered low-dose SPECT/CT results in nine patients. Additional foci (not found by PWBS) located outside the scanning area of the centred diagnostic CT-scan were found in 20 patients. Inter observer agreement for PWBS, low-dose SPECT/CT and diagnostic SPECT/CT was equal to 0.542, 0.68 and 0.694, respectively. ROC analysis showed no difference between low-dose SPECT/CT and diagnostic SPECT/CT for observer 1 and observer 2.ConclusionThis study shows that a conventional low-dose SPECT/CT in patients presenting with a solitary focus on PWBS is sufficient to improve both accuracy and inter observer variability of bone scanning. A CT volume session should not be limited to the area of the solitary focus since additional foci located outside the centred CT-scan frequently occurred. |
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