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Table 2 SUV max in the original images and after image filtering for all investigated lesions

From: Suitability of bilateral filtering for edge-preserving noise reduction in PET

Lesion

Volume (mL)

SUVmax orig.

SUVmax MAF

SUVmax BF

1

1.2

6.3

4.1

5.9

2

1.9

5.0

2.8

4.7

3

1.9

5.8

3.3

5.6

4

2.4

4.0

2.3

3.5

5

2.9

5.4

3.7

5.1

6

3.2

23

17

22

7

3.4

6.9

4.5

6.5

8

3.7

7.0

4.8

6.6

9

3.7

7.3

5.1

6.9

10

4.3

17

14

17

11

4.4

9.8

7.7

9.5

12

4.7

17

11

16

13

4.8

6.8

5.6

6.2

14

5.1

13

8.8

12

15

5.2

3.3

2.5

2.7

16

5.5

18

15

17

17

6.4

5.8

3.6

5.6

18

6.9

6.8

4.5

6.2

19

7.0

20

15

20

20

7.5

20

16

20

21

8.4

8.4

6.3

8.0

22

11

13

9.5

12

23

11

12

9.1

12

24

14

6.8

5.4

6.3

25

23

18

15

17

26

29

8.7

7.4

8.1

27

30

21

19

20

28

34

11

9.3

11

29

49

17

16

17

30

56

27

24

27

31

62

10

8.4

9.5

32

81

14

11

14

33

99

16

14

16

34

103

26

23

26