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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;53(1):12–20. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.111.092775

Table II.

Distributions of parameters with and without PVC.

Definition Notation Original Mean ± SD PVC Mean ± SD
Highest SUV SUVmax 9.7 ± 3.9 14.9 ± 6.1
Mean of SUVmax and its 26 neighbors SUVpeak 8.0 ± 3.3 10.1 ± 4.0
Mean SUV within MATV SUVmean 5.8 ± 2.4 7.4 ± 3.1
Metabolically active tumor volume (cm3) MATV 39.9 ± 36.1 36.2 ± 33.7
Total lesion glycolysis (g) TLG 218.1 ± 208.3 235.8 ± 218.1