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Table 4 Distribution of detected and missed nodules according to their location in the lung for each sequence

From: Free-breathing 3D Stack of Stars GRE (StarVIBE) sequence for detecting pulmonary nodules in 18F-FDG PET/MRI

 

CT

HASTE

VIBE

StarVIBE

Detected

Detected

Missed

Detected

Missed

Detected

Missed

Adjacent to pleura

7

2 (29.6%)

5 (71.4%)

6 (85.7%)

1 (14.3%)

6 (85.7%)

1 (14.3%)

Subpleural

46

8 (17.4%)

38 (82.6%)

18 (39.1%)

28 (60.9%)

17 (37.0%)

29 (63.0%)

Central

12

1 (8.3%)

11 (91.7%)

2 (16.7%)

10 (83.3%)

8 (66.7%)

4 (33.3%)