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Table 3 Influence of homogenization and heterogenization on 18 F-FDG organ uptake variability

From: Impact of inherent variability and experimental parameters on the reliability of small animal PET data

Variability (COV)

Homogenized parameters

Heterogenized parameters

Inter‐group

32 ± 2%

28 ± 2%*

Intra‐group

31 ± 1%

35 ± 1%**

  1. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. Inter- and intra-group variability of 18F-FDG uptake for all organs measured (mean of COVs ± SEM of homogenized groups vs. heterogenized groups, in percent).