TABLE 7

Detection of Bone Metastases on Planar BS and on Multi-FOV SPECT in 23 Patients with Metastatic Bone Involvement on ¹⁸F-Fluoride PET/CT: Patient-Based and Lesion-Based Analysis^*

Patient no.	¹⁸F-Fluoride PET/CT (no. of metastases)	Planar BS images		Multi-FOV SPECT images
Patient no.	¹⁸F-Fluoride PET/CT (no. of metastases)	Final diagnosis^†	No. of metastases	Final diagnosis	No. of metastases
1	Numerous	True positive	Numerous	True positive	Numerous
2	Numerous	True positive	Numerous	True positive	Numerous
3	Numerous	True positive	Numerous	True-positive	Numerous
4	5	True positive	4	True positive	5
5	6	True positive	4	True positive	4
6	3	True positive	1	True positive	2
7	4	True positive	2	True positive	3
8	4	True positive	1	True positive	2
9	5	True positive	3	NA^‡
10	4	True positive	3	NA^‡
11	3	True positive	2	NA^‡
12	2	True positive	2	NA^‡
13	2	True positive	1	NA^‡
14	2	False negative		True positive	2
15	4	False negative		True positive	4
16	2	False negative		True positive	2
17	1	False negative		True positive	1
18	1	False negative		False negative
19	3	False negative		NA^‡
20	3	False negative		NA^‡
21	1	False negative		NA^‡
22	1	False negative		NA^‡
23	1	False negative		NA^‡

↵* Equivocal findings were considered suggestive of a bone metastasis on the 3 modalities.
↵† Final diagnosis regarding the presence of bone metastases.
↵‡ Multi-FOV SPECT was not available in these patients.