Comparison of reprojected bone SPECT/CT and planar bone scintigraphy for the detection of bone metastases in breast and prostate cancer

Objective The aim of this study was to compare reprojected bone SPECT/CT (RBS) against planar bone scintigraphy (BS) in the detection of bone metastases in breast and prostate cancer patients. Methods Twenty-six breast and 105 prostate cancer patients with high risk for bone metastases underwent 99mTc-HMDP BS and whole-body SPECT/CT, 1.5-T whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI and 18F-NaF or 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT within two prospective clinical trials (NCT01339780 and NCT03537391). Consensus reading of all imaging modalities and follow-up data were used to define the reference standard diagnosis. The SPECT/CT data were reprojected into anterior and posterior views to produce RBS images. Both BS and RBS images were independently double read by two pairs of experienced nuclear medicine physicians. The findings were validated against the reference standard diagnosis and compared between BS and RBS on the patient, region and lesion levels. Results All metastatic patients detected by BS were also detected by RBS. In addition, three metastatic patients were missed by BS but detected by RBS. The average patient-level sensitivity of two readers for metastases was 75% for BS and 87% for RBS, and the corresponding specificity was 79% for BS and 39% for RBS. The average region-level sensitivity of two readers was 64% for BS and 69% for RBS, and the corresponding specificity was 96% for BS and 87% for RBS. Conclusion Whole-body bone SPECT/CT can be reprojected into more familiar anterior and posterior planar images with excellent sensitivity for bone metastases, making additional acquisition of planar BS unnecessary.

Authors
Arvola Samuli1 , Seppänen Marko1 , Malaspina Simona1 , Mätzke Sorjo2 , Raiko Juho1 , Timonen K.L.3 , Ettala Otto 4 , Jambor Ivan5, 6 , Anttinen Mikael 4 , Kuisma Anna7 , Löyttyniemi Eliisa8 , Boström P.J. 4 , Sohlberg Antti9, 10 , Noponen Tommi1, 11
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number of issue
5
Language
English
Pages
510-517
Status
Published
Volume
43
Year
2022
Organizations
  • 1 Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku
  • 2 Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki
  • 3 Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Nova of Central Finland, Jyväskylä
  • 4 Department of Urology
  • 5 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
  • 6 Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
  • 7 Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • 8 Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
  • 9 HERMES Medical Solutions, Strandbergsgatan 16, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 10 Laboratory of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti
  • 11 Department of Medical Physics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Date of creation
28.12.2023
Date of change
28.12.2023
Short link
https://repository.rudn.ru/en/records/article/record/100771/
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