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Table 1 Healthy subjects (functional 18 F-FDGal PET/CT of the liver using image-derived non-invasive input function)

From: Metabolic liver function measured in vivo by dynamic 18F-FDGal PET/CT without arterial blood sampling

VOI

Without resolution modelling

With resolution modelling

Correlation between K * and K , r

Relative deviation of K * from K

Correlation between K * and K , r

Relative deviation of K * from K

Aorta-VOI-1

0.878

−0.044 ± 0.039

0.866

0.016 ± 0.061

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.28)

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.79)

Aorta-VOI-2

0.914

−0.076 ± 0.033

0.889

−0.047 ± 0.050

(p < 0.01)

(p < 0.05)

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.37)

Aorta-VOI-3

0.858

0.071 ± 0.061

0.832

0.143 ± 0.091

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.27)

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.14)

Aorta-VOI-4

0.882

0.066 ± 0.057

0.848

0.142 ± 0.088

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.26)

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.13)

Ventricle-VOI

0.819

0.141 ± 0.088

0.904

0.044 ± 0.046

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.13)

(p < 0.01)

(p = 0.35)

  1. K* = hepatic systemic clearance of 18F-FDGal (ml blood/ml liver tissue/min) estimated using image-derived input function; K = hepatic systemic clearance of 18F-FDGal (ml blood/ml liver tissue/min) estimated using time-activity curve from manual blood sampling from the radial artery; VOI = volume of interest (see Figure 1 for details on each VOI definition). r = Pearson correlation coefficient for correlation between individual pairs of K* and K; p < 0.05 is considered to indicate statistically significant correlation. Relative deviation of K* from K is presented as mean ± SEM; mean deviation with p < 0.05 is considered statistically significantly different from zero.