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Table 2 Various metrics (with %SE) from PET analyses of healthy prostate and tumor tissue

From: Quantitative 18F-fluorocholine positron emission tomography for prostate cancer: correlation between kinetic parameters and Gleason scoring

 

Healthy prostate

Tumor

 

Patient

Tracer flux

Patlak slope

60-min SUV

Tracer flux

Patlak slope

60-min SUV

Gleason score

1

0.1 (2.7%)

0.08 (3.2%)

2.9

0.15 (1.4%)

0.12 (3.1%)

4.3

3 + 4

2

0.12 (2.6%)

0.1 (3.2%)

2.8

–

–

–

–

3

0.04 (32.6%)

0.03 (12.1%)

1.4

0.26 (7.3%)

0.22 (2.5%)

7

4 + 3

4

0.08 (8.6%)

0.05 (5.4%)

3

0.14 (4.3%)

0.12 (2.6%)

6.2

4 + 3

5

0.15 (6.5%)

0.16 (3.9%)

3.8

–

–

–

–

6

0.17 (3.7%)

0.12 (5.6%)

3.7

0.44 (2.6%)

0.4 (1.5%)

10.7

4 + 3

7

0.14 (4.5%)

0.11 (3.7%)

2.8

0.14 (0.7%)

0.12 (1.6%)

2.9

3 + 5

8

–

–

–

0.7 (16.5%)

0.48 (3.4%)

10.9

4 + 3

10

0.08 (4.9%)

0.06 (3.4%)

2.3

0.14 (2.8%)

0.12 (1.7%)

4.2

3 + 4