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Table 2 18F-FDG PET tumour lesion parameters on a per-patient basis

From: Mapping heterogeneity in glucose uptake in metastatic melanoma using quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT analysis

 

All patients (n = 64)

Range

No. of lesions

 All

18 (11–51)

1–417

 ≥ 1 mla,b

6 (2–16)

0–168

SUVpeak

 Maximum

9.5 (5.5–15.5)

0–58.3

 Median

4.3 (3.2–8.6)

0–25.2

SUVpeak interquartile rangec

2.1 (0–5.1)

0–42.4

SUVmax

 Maximum

11.8 (7.3–18.0)

0–67.2

 Median

6.1 (4.1–11.5)

0–37.6

SUVmean

 Maximum

7.2 (4.7–10.7)

0–30.2

 Median

4.3 (3.0–7.3)

0–18.5

Total MATV (ml)

29.2 (12.2–234)

0–2212

Total TLG

209 (46.2–1510)

0–16,740

  1. Data are displayed as median (interquartile range)
  2. aThree patients had only lesions < 1 ml
  3. bI.e. all lesions included in quantitative analyses
  4. cI.e. interquartile range of the different SUVpeaks measured within one patient, measure of intra-patient heterogeneity