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Table 2 Repeatability of 18F-fluoride uptake in index lesions and total lesion 18F-fluoride uptake per patient

From: Repeatability of quantitative parameters of 18F-fluoride PET/CT and biochemical tumour and specific bone remodelling markers in prostate cancer bone metastases

Patients

Results up to five index lesions per patient

Results of total lesion 18F-fluoride uptake

SUVmax (g/mL)

SUVmean (g/mL)

FTV50% (mL)

TLF (g/mL mL)

Scan 1

Scan 2

Scan 1

Scan 2

Scan 1

Scan 2

Scan 1

Scan 2

1

47.5

50.5

20.6

21.6

9.3

9.3

1857

2082

2

87.9

83.8

44.1

43.1

3.5

3.5

1381

1284

3

76.2

72.7

31.2

29.3

77.6

79.7

12056

12,854

4

65.5

58.6

31.9

28.6

16.6

17.3

3098

3496

5

45.8

45.0

19.6

19.4

11.9

12.4

1711

1811

6

34.9

32.7

15.3

14.6

27.7

26.6

4614

3780

7

33.6

35.0

14.7

13.4

2.7

3.0

61

51

8

52.0

44.5

26.5

23.0

8.0

9.1

1172

994

9

35.4

42.2

18.5

23.3

7.5

7.3

654

962

10

64.7

64.0

29.6

28.7

28.7

28.3

3790

3970

Mean ± SD

58.4 ± 18.7

58.1 ± 16.6

26.8 ± 9.2

26.4 ± 8.6

20.4 ± 23.0

20.7 ± 22.8

1857 ± 3469

2082 ± 3663

CC

0.95 (95% CI 0.92–0.97)

p < 0.001

0.97 (95% CI0.95–0.98)

p < 0.001

1.0 (95% CI 1.0–1.0)

p < 0.001

0.99 (95% CI 0.98–1.00)

p < 0.001

CR absolute

13.6

5.6

3.7

854

CR relative

26%

24%

23%

35%

  1. CC Pearson correlation coefficient, CI confidence interval, CR coefficient of repeatability