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Table 1 SUV measurements (mean and standard deviation) by location and software together with differences (mean and standard deviation)

From: Response to letter re: Carotid atherosclerotic plaques standardized uptake values: methodological issues on reproducibility and accuracy

Common carotid (CC) and internal carotid (IC) arteries

TeraRecon values (mean ± SD)

Osirix values (mean ± SD)

Difference in values (mean ± SD)

SUV mean bifurcation left

1.5 ± 0.36

1.58 ± 0.43

0.08 ± 0.003

SUV mean bifurcation right

1.56 ± 0.38

1.67 ± 0.46

0.11 ± 0.006

SUV mean CC left

1.08 ± 0.59

1.17 ± 0.6

0.09 ± 0.004

SUV mean CC right

1.11 ± 0.61

1.23 ± 0.64

0.12 ± 0.007

SUV mean IC left

1.56 ± 0.45

1.71 ± 0.57

0.15 ± 0.01

SUV mean IC right

1.66 ± 0.38

1.72 ± 0.44

0.06 ± 0.002

SUV max bifurcation left

2.54 ± 0.65

2.5 ± 0.7

0.04 ± 0.008

SUV max bifurcation right

2.6 ± 0.69

2.62 ± 0.73

0.02 ± 0.002

SUV max CC left

2.09 ± 0.91

2.06 ± 0.88

0.03 ± 0.001

SUV max CC right

2.14 ± 0.97

2.16 ± 0.99

0.02 ± 0.001

SUV max IC left

2.52 ± 0.67

2.57 ± 0.84

0.05 ± 0.001

SUV max IC right

2.6 ± 0.69

2.58 ± 0.74

0.02 ± 0.001

SUV min bifurcation left

0.71 ± 0.3

0.87 ± 0.36

0.16 ± 0.012

SUV min bifurcation right

0.76 ± 0.3

0.94 ± 0.38

0.18 ± 0.016

SUV min CC left

0.45 ± 0.36

0.56 ± 0.46

0.11 ± 0.006

SUV min CC right

0.48 ± 0.39

0.62 ± 0.48

0.14 ± 0.01

SUV min IC left

0.86 ± 0.34

1 ± 0.43

0.14 ± 0.01

SUV min IC right

0.84 ± 0.29

1 ± 0.34

0.16 ± 0.012