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Table 3 Relative changes in model estimates due to calibration errors

From: FDG kinetic modeling in small rodent brain PET: optimization of data acquisition and analysis

Calibration error scanner/counter

K 1

k 2

k 3

k 4

CMR glc

χ 2

−5%

−7 ± 3%*

−1 ± 6%

+1 ± 5%

+4 ± 8%

−5 ± 2%*

+ 9 ± 24%

+5%

+6 ± 4%*

+1 ± 6%

0 ± 6%

+4 ± 12%

+6 ± 4%*

+10 ± 28%

  1. After correction for multiple comparisons, only the differences in K 1 and CMRglc were significant. *P < 0.05.
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