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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 Aug 25;218(2):342–350. doi: 10.2214/AJR.21.26071

TABLE 2:

Comparison Among Imaging Modalities in SUVmax Measurements

Modality Lesions Contralateral
Adrenal Gland
Ratio of Lesion to
Contralateral
Adrenal Gland
Normal
Liver
Ratio of
Lesion to
Liver
All True-Positives False-Negatives
68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT (n = 14)
 Mean ± SD 43.6 ± 26.7 47.0 ± 29.3 31.3 ± 8.4 29.3 ± 12.0 1.6 ± 0.8 11.0 ± 2.4 4.2 ± 2.7
 Median 35.3 36.0 34.6 29.8 1.3 10.6 3.4
 Range 15.0–99.4 15.0–99.4 21.7–37.5 10.0–49.8 0.7–3.7 7.5–14.9 1.5–11.0
FDG PET/CT (n = 14)
 Mean ± SD 10.5 ± 5.6 12.0 ± 5.5 5.2 ± 1.5 5.2 ± 2.6 2.3 ± 1.5 3.8 ± 1.1 3.0 ± 2.0
 Median 10.2 11.0 5.6 4.5 1.7 3.7 2.5
 Range 3.6–20.9 5.2–20.9 3.6–6.5 2.9–12.0 1.0–6.4 1.9–6.8 1.0–6.6
18F-FDOPA PET/CT (n = 11)
 Mean ± SD 34.6 ± 21.7 34.6 ± 21.7 NAa 7.0 ± 2.1 5.7 ± 4.7 3.4 ± 0.8 10.5 ± 7.3
 Median 31.2 31.2 6.7 4.9 3.2 8.3
 Range 11.6–78.4 11.6–78.4 4.4–11.7 1.3–17.7 2.6–5.5 3.6–27.0
18F-FDA PET/CT (n = 7)
 Mean ± SD 39.3 ± 17.7 42.4 ± 17.2 20.8 ± 0b 18.2 ± 11.0 2.5 ± 1.3 10.9 ± 2.3 3.5 ± 1.0
 Median 32.4 35.5 17.2 2.0 9.8 3.3
 Range 20.8–73.8 28.1–73.8 7.9–40.9 1.1–4.9 9.1–15.7 2.3–4.7

Note—NA = not applicable.

a

No false-negatives.

b

Only one false-negative.