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Table 2 Sensitivity for the detection of intraperitoneal lesions by PET and BLI depending on tumour size

From: Non-invasive imaging of implanted peritoneal carcinomatosis in mice using PET and bioluminescence imaging

Size of the lesion	n	Sensitivity PET	Sensitivity BLI
		[%]	[%]
0–2 mm	50	58 (29/50)	40(20/50)
>2–4 mm	18	88 (15/17)	47 (8/17)
>4–6 mm	7	88 (7/8)	75 (6/8)
>6–8 mm	3	100 (3/3)	100 (3/3)
>8–10 mm	4	100 (4/4)	75 (3/4)
Total	82	71 (58/82)	49 (40/82)

The table shows the sensitivities for the detection of intraperitoneal lesions using PET and BLI with tumours of different sizes. There is a general correlation between lesion size and detection rate with both modalities

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