Mingels, Clemens; Sachpekidis, Christos; Bohn, Karl P.; Hünermund, Jan-Niklas; Schepers, Robin; Fech, Viktor; Prenosil, George; Rominger, Axel; Afshar-Oromieh, Ali; Alberts, Ian (2021). The influence of colour scale in lesion detection and patient-based sensitivity in [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-PET/CT. Nuclear medicine communications, 42(5), pp. 495-502. Wolters Kluwer Health 10.1097/MNM.0000000000001364
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OBJECTIVE
To investigate the influence of colour scales on the interpretation of [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT for the diagnosis of recurrent prostate cancer.
METHODS
50 consecutive patients who underwent [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT for recurrent prostate cancer were selected for this retrospective study. The scans were randomised, anonymised and read by five different readers first in the visually nonlinear colour scale 'PET-rainbow'. Scans were then rerandomised and read in the visually linear colour scale 'hot-metal new'. For each scan in each colour scale the numbers of pathological, equivocal and benign lesions were noted. Scans where the majority of readers (≥3) reported at least one PET-positive lesion were recorded as 'pathological'. Patient-level sensitivity was obtained by composite standard with 14.8 ± 1.2 months of follow-up.
RESULTS
Increased numbers of lesions per patient were reported for all readers in PET-rainbow compared to hot-metal new (37.4 ± 15.2 vs. 33.9 ± 16.4, respectively, P = 0.0005). On a per-patient basis, 43 scans were rated pathological in PET-rainbow, compared to 39 in hot-metal new. Follow-up was available for 30 patients confirming 26 pathological scans with positive follow-up in PET-rainbow, and 23 in hot-metal new. Three pathological scans were missed in hot-metal new. Patient-level sensitivity was higher for PET-rainbow (0.96) compared to hot-metal new (0.85). Inter-reader reliability was higher for hot-metal new (Fleiss κ = 0.76) compared to PET-rainbow (Fleiss κ = 0.60).
CONCLUSION
Use of PET-rainbow was associated with improved lesion detection and sensitivity compared to hot-metal new, although at cost of reduced inter-rater agreement. Consequently, the use of PET-rainbow for clinical routine and future studies involving [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 is recommended.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Clinic of Nuclear Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Mingels, Clemens, Sachpekidis, Christos, Bohn, Karl Peter, Hünermund, Jan-Niklas, Fech, Viktor, Prenosil, George, Rominger, Axel Oliver, Afshar Oromieh, Ali, Alberts, Ian Leigh |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1473-5628 |
Publisher: |
Wolters Kluwer Health |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Daria Vogelsang |
Date Deposited: |
05 Jan 2022 15:55 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:56 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1097/MNM.0000000000001364 |
PubMed ID: |
33481506 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/162109 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/162109 |
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