Use of PET/CT to aid clinical decision-making in cases of solitary pulmonary nodule: a probabilistic approach.

Objective: To determine the frequency with which F-FDG-PET/CT findings change the probability of malignancy classification of solitary pulmonary nodules.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of all F-FDG-PET/CT examinations performed for the investigation of a solitary pulmonary nodule between May 2016 and May 2017. We reviewed medical records and PET/CT images to collect the data necessary to calculate the pre-test probability of malignancy using the Swensen model and the Herder model.