A dedicated paediatric [18F]FDG PET/CT dosage regimen

EJNMMI Research

Table 2 Fits of SNRnorm liver with the patient-dependent parameters

Patient-dependent parameters	SNRnorm liver, fit = α p^−0.5			SNRnorm liver, fit = α p^−d
Patient-dependent parameters	α	R²	p value	α	d	R²	p value	ΔAICc	AIC%
Body weight (kg)	2.51	0.80	-	2.23	0.46	0.81	-	1.86	23.8 vs 71.20
Body height (m)	0.51	0.47	< 0.001	0.62	1.15	0.78	0.046	88.44	< 0.01 vs > 99.99
BMI (kg/m²)	1.82	0.27	< 0.001	13.26	1.19	0.41	> 0.999	18.29	0.01 vs 99.99
BWH (kg/m)	2.20	0.67	< 0.001	4.73	0.74	0.78	> 0.999	33.61	< 0.01 vs > 99.99
BSA (m²)	0.50	0.75	0.001	0.51	0.64	0.81	0.085	23.89	< 0.01 vs > 99.99