Table 1 Median, 1st and 3rd quartile of NSUVmax values measured in the spinal cord in both PET-CT and PET-MR, with 3 mm ROI and 9 mm VOI

From: [¹⁸F]FDG uptake of the normal spinal cord in PET/MR imaging: comparison with PET/CT imaging

Spinal cord	NSUVmax in 3 mm ROI
Spinal cord	PET-CT					PET-MR					p
	q1	Median	q3	Mean	SD	q1	Median	q3	Mean	SD	Wilcoxon
C2	0.69	0.79	0.93	0.82	0.23	0.98	1.14	1.37	1.27	0.69	< 0.0001
C5	0.68	0.85	0.94	0.83	0.21	1.15	1.39	1.60	1.48	1.07	< 0.0001
T6	0.55	0.68	0.79	0.7	0.23	0.84	0.95	1.06	1.12	0.80	< 0.0001
T12	0.63	0.83	1.04	0.85	0.28	0.88	1.12	1.35	1.22	0.79	< 0.0001
CSF L3	0.42	0.50	0.62	0.54	0.20	0.43	0.56	0.73	0.68	0.64	n.s.
	NSUVmax in 9 mm VOI
	PET-CT					PET-MR					p
	q1	Median	q3	Mean	SD	q1	Median	q3	Mean	SD	Wilcoxon
C2	0.67	0.82	0.98	0.88	0.33	0.88	1.14	1.31	1.20	0.61	< 0.001
C5	0.74	0.84	0.9	0.85	0.23	1.02	1.34	1.53	1.39	0.80	< 0.0001
T6	0.64	0.81	0.95	0.87	0.38	0.96	1.17	1.38	1.36	0.82	< 0.0001
T12	0.73	0.90	1.03	0.92	0.29	0.86	1.07	1.29	1.16	0.60	< 0.001
CSF L3	0.57	0.69	0.84	0.76	0.34	0.62	0.73	0.84	0.79	0.49	n.s.

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