Value of second-opinion review of outside institution PET-CT examinations

Objective This study aimed to determine whether second-opinion reviews of PET/CT examinations by subspecialists alter reporting of malignant findings. Materials and methods This IRB-approved study compared 240 fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT consecutively dictated reports by two nuclear medicine subspecialists against the original outside institution reports. Subspecialist reviews documented whether malignant findings on the outside report...