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Table 6 Median SUV and MTV for different methods and location, interquartile range in square brackets

From: Respiratory motion correction in F-18-FDG PET/CT impacts lymph node assessment in lung cancer patients

 

Static

Belt

DDG

p value

Primary

SUVmax

16.6 [16.2]

20.2 [16.2]

20.5 [13.4]

 < 0.001

SUVmean

9.9 [8.6]

11.2 [7.9]

11.2 [7.6]

 < 0.001

MTV

5.1 [15.2]

4.2 [14.4]

4.0 [14.2]

 < 0.001

N1

SUVmax

7.4 [9.2]

9.6 [9.7]

9.8 [11.2]

 < 0.001

SUVmean

4.2 [5.8]

5.2 [6.7]

5.4 [6.8]

 < 0.001

MTV

4.0 [5.4]

2.6 [4.1]

2.4 [4.3]

 < 0.001

N2

SUVmax

8.1 [9.2]

8.7 [11.0]

8.6 [10.9]

 < 0.001

SUVmean

4.3 [5.4]

4.9 [6.5]

4.5 [6.2]

 < 0.001

MTV

3.0 [4.1]

2.4 [3.2]

2.8 [3.2]

 < 0.001

N3

SUVmax

6.3 [5.3]

7.5 [7.1]

7.3 [6.8]

 < 0.001

SUVmean

3.4 [3.3]

4.1 [4.5]

4.0 [4.7

 < 0.001

MTV

6.1 [5.5]

3.9 [3.4]

3.7 [2.5]

 < 0.001