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Table 5 Fitting coefficients used to determine the %IA/g for each organ at different time point for newborn FDG model

From: Pharmacokinetic modeling of [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for premature infants, and newborns through 5-year-olds

Organ	Coefficient value
Organ	a	b	c	d
Brain_(60–81)	0.1118	−0.454	3.4798	−10.66
Brain_(82–126)	0.0429	−0.1151	999.8	−5.4104
Lungs_(60–81)	−0.0163	−0.5690	0.0765	−0.9113
Lungs_(82–126)	0.0023	−0.2488	2.4618	−2.9462
Heart wall_(60–81)	0.7895	−1.5323	3.1637	−6.0397
Heart wall_(82–126)	0.0514	−0.7949	56.945	−3.8659
Kidneys_(60–81)	0.6594	−1.3418	567.51	−8.5901
Kidneys_(82–126)	0.2427	−1.0152	47.191	−4.2647
Liver_(60–81)	−0.0011	0.2788	0.1163	−0.9573
Liver_(82–126)	0.0586	−0.7806	62.2	−4.9917

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