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Table 1 Contingency table for PET in detecting [18F]NaF aortic uptake (PET+)

From: Molecular imaging of endothelial activation and mineralization in a mouse model of accelerated atherosclerosis

 

PET+

PET−

Total (n)

12 weeks old

 Ur

8 (66%)

4 (34%)

12

 NUr

5 (55%)

4 (45%)

9

 Ctl

0 (0%)

3 (100%)

3

16 weeks old

 Ur

4 (45%)

5 (55%)

9

 NUr

0 (0%)

4 (100%)

4

 Ctl

0 (0%)

4 (100%)

4

  1. The [18F]NaF activity was represented with a color scale starting just upon the plasma activity determined drawing a volume of interest over the left ventricle with a maximum set to 200% of the plasma activity measured at the last frame of the data for each examination [12]. An uptake in a region close and above to the heart was considered as a positive aortic [18F]NaF uptake. Ur uremic ApoE−/−, NUr non-uremic ApoE−/−, Ctl control mice