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. 2013 Apr 15;3:27. doi: 10.1186/2191-219X-3-27

Table 2.

Average SUV max levels in each organ

  0 to 4.5 min (n = 11) 6.5 to 11 min (n = 11) 13.1 to 17.6 min (n = 11) 19.6 to 24.1 min (n = 11) 26.1 to 30.6 min (n = 11) 32.7 to 37.2 min (n = 11) 39.2 to 43.7 min (n = 10)
Brain
 2.1 ± 1.3
 2.5 ± 0.6
 2.7 ± 0.7
 2.8 ± 0.4
 2.8 ± 0.7
 3.2 ± 0.5
 3.0 ± 0.9
Parotid
 7.8 ± 4.2
 6.1 ± 1.3
 5.9 ± 1.3
 5.7 ± 1.5
 6.0 ± 1.5
 5.3 ± 1.7
 5.9 ± 2.2
Lung
 2.8 ± 0.9
 1.2 ± 0.2
 1.1 ± 0.3
 1.1 ± 0.3
 1.2 ± 0.3
 1.3 ± 0.4
 1.4 ± 0.5
Myocardium
 9.0 ± 3.0
 4.2 ± 0.8
 3.9 ± 0.9
 4.0 ± 1.0
 3.7 ± 0.9
 3.7 ± 0.7
 3.8 ± 1.2
Ventricular blood pool
 9.0 ± 3.1
 3.0 ± 0.2
 2.8 ± 0.8
 2.5 ± 0.5
 2.6 ± 0.7
 2.6 ± 0.6
 2.6 ± 0.6
Stomach
 15.4 ± 6.1
 13.9 ± 4.8
 16.1 ± 4.8
 16.5 ± 5.5
 16.6 ± 5.1
 18.5 ± 5.3
 17.9 ± 5.4
Spleen
 11.2 ± 2.2
 6.4 ± 2.2
 6.5 ± 2.8
 6.2 ± 2.7
 5.9 ± 1.8
 6.7 ± 2.5
 6.3 ± 1.6
Liver
 14.5 ± 3.8
 12.9 ± 2.2
 14.0 ± 2.3
 15.1 ± 2.5
 15.6 ± 2.0
 16.6 ± 2.5
 17.2 ± 2.3
Pancreas
 30.1 ± 8.3
 24.5 ± 5.1
 25.9 ± 5.7
 26.5 ± 6.7
 24.8 ± 6.9
 26.5 ± 7.9
 24.4 ± 7.0
Kidney
 14.4 ± 4.6
 7.1 ± 1.9
 6.7 ± 1.3
 6.8 ± 1.5
 6.6 ± 2.1
 7.1 ± 2.1
 6.7 ± 1.8
Intestine (right)
 5.9 ± 2.4
 4.9 ± 2.0
 4.9 ± 1.8
 5.3 ± 2.0
 5.2 ± 2.0
 5.3 ± 2.3
 4.8 ± 2.3
Intestine (left)
 6.1 ± 3.5
 4.8 ± 2.9
 5.1 ± 3.5
 5.5 ± 3.4
 4.8 ± 2.2
 5.3 ± 2.6
 5.6 ± 2.8
Bladder
 3.7 ± 1.7
 7.4 ± 5.4
 10.3 ± 5.4
 11.2 ± 5.9
 12.8 ± 5.5
 12.0 ± 5.9
 11.5 ± 4.5
Muscle
 2.2 ± 0.7
 1.9 ± 0.6
 2.1 ± 0.5
 2.4 ± 0.7
 2.5 ± 0.4
 2.2 ± 0.4
 2.7 ± 0.8
Bone marrow
 6.5 ± 2.2
 5.0 ± 1.2
 5.4 ± 1.2
 5.7 ± 1.3
 6.3 ± 1.2
 6.6 ± 1.9
 5.8 ± 1.3
Prostatea
 6.0 ± 1.9
 4.7 ± 1.9
 5.0 ± 1.7
 4.9 ± 1.2
 6.4 ± 2.6
 5.3 ± 2.0
 4.6 ± 1.0
Breastb
 1.2 ± 0.0
 1.0 ± 0.1
 0.8 ± 0.1
 1.0 ± 0.4
 1.1 ± 0.2
 1.3 ± 0.1
 2.0 ± 0.9
Uterusb 5.9 ± 0.3 4.0 ± 0.3 3.4 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.2 3.9 ± 0.5 3.7 ± 0.1 6.6 ± 1.1

Values are means ± SD. aNine male volunteers were included in the evaluation. bTwo female volunteers were included in the evaluation.