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Table 6 SUVmax and SUVmean values of reference regions in the patient scans

From: Initial evaluation of the Celesteion large-bore PET/CT scanner in accordance with the NEMA NU2-2012 standard and the Japanese guideline for oncology FDG PET/CT data acquisition protocol version 2.0

 

SUVmax [relative (%) compared to 180 s]

SUVmean (SDa) [relative (%) to 180 s]

Organ

90 s

120 s

180 s

90 s

120 s

180 s

Liver

2.78

[100.0]

2.90

[104.3]

2.78

1.97 (0.22)

[90.8]

2.09 (0.22)

[96.3]

2.17 (0.25)

Mediastinum

1.74

[100.0]

1.78

[102.3]

1.74

1.28 (0.19)

[100.0]

1.33 (0.18)

[103.9]

1.28 (0.13)

Brain

9.00

[95.4]

9.41

[99.8]

9.43

7.34 (1.33)

[87.3]

7.97 (1.20)

[94.8]

8.41 (0.98)

  1. aSD of pixel values within the ROI