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Table 3 SUV change pre- to during-steroid therapy

From: Which is the proper reference tissue for measuring the change in FDG PET metabolic volume of cardiac sarcoidosis before and after steroid therapy?

 

Region of threshold

Pre-therapy

During therapy

p value

Semi-automated method

Liver

3.5 ± 0.4

3.8 ± 0.6

0.02

SUVmax (manual process)

Liver

3.5 ± 0.4

3.8 ± 0.6

0.01

DA

2.2 ± 0.3

2.2 ± 0.4

0.5

SUVmean (manual process)

Liver

2.7 ± 0.3

3.0 ± 0.5

0.007

DA

1.9 ± 0.3

2.0 ± 0.4

0.6

SUVpeak (manual process)

Liver

3.0 ± 0.4

3.4 ± 0.6

0.006

DA

2.0 ± 0.3

2.0 ± 0.3

0.7

  1. SUV standardized uptake value, DA descending aorta