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Table 2 Overview of the investigated sampling schedules

From: Dependence of treatment planning accuracy in peptide receptor radionuclide therapy on the sampling schedule

Case

Measurement

Number of omitted time points

Number of combinationsa

Total no. of measurementsb

Ratio of no. of measurements to fit parameters

Standard approach

Iterative approach

Reference

Organ + serum

0

1

33

2.5

4.1

 I

Organ + serum

1

5

27

2.1

3.4

 II

Organ + serum

2

10

21

1.6

2.6

 III

Organ +serum

3

10

15

1.2

1.9

 IV

Organ + serum

4

5

9

0.7

1.1

 V

Organ

8 (serum)

1

25

1.9

3.1

  1. aThe number of different sampling schedules when omitting each measurement point once
  2. bFive organ data per time point and 8 for serum measurements