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Table 3 False-positive findings in SSR-PET/CT

From: Diagnostic performance of PET/CT in the detection of liver metastases in well-differentiated NETs

N

Finding in MRI

Finding in SSR-PET/CT

4

haemangioma

low SSR-uptake

4

liver cysts

low, artificial SSR-uptake/ insufficient co-registration of PET and CT

6

no hepatic findings

artificial SSR-uptake (e.g. vascular-associated)

2

no hepatic findings

extrahepatic physiological SSR-uptake directly adjacent to liver