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. 2013 Oct 10;41(3):462–475. doi: 10.1007/s00259-013-2580-y

Table 6.

SUVs for organs

Organ No. of ROIs SUVmean SUVmax
PET/MR PET/CT Difference (%) p value PET/MR PET/CT Difference (%) p value
Lung 61 0.35 [0.30;0.42] 0.31 [0.24;0.38] +11.0 0.03 0.43 [0.36;0.52] 0.44 [0.32;0.54] +0.7 0.90
Muscle 182 0.78 [0.67;0.90] 0.75 [0.62;0.94] +3.0 0.47 1.00 [0.81;1.14] 1.06 [0.86;1.30] −4.6 0.25
Bone marrow 129 1.02 [0.59;1.41] 1.22 [0.67;1.95] −20.0 <0.01 1.44 [0.83;1.87] 1.72 [0.96;2.51] −20.0 <0.01
Salivary glands 37 1.57 [1.38;1.84] 1.56 [1.07;2.10] +11.6 0.22 2.00 [1.62;2.30] 2.11 [1.74;2.75] −4.7 0.49
Spleen 30 1.61 [1.37;1.82] 1.79 [1.46;2.02] −7.8 0.07 2.12 [1.87;2.35] 2.43 [2.20;3.09] −13.4 <0.01
Liver 31 1.75 [1.52;2.05] 1.99 [1.67;2.26] −8.9 0.02 2.35 [2.00;2.68] 2.72 [2.17;3.27] −12.7 <0.01
Background 32 1.05 [0.94;1.14] 1.11 [1.01;1.23] −6.4 0.09 1.37 [1.22;1.50] 1.52 [1.37;1.72] −11.9 <0.01
All 502 0.89 [0.61;1.33] 0.93 [0.59;1.49] −4.8 0.26 1.16 [0.78;1.68] 1.30 [0.85;2.05] −9.7 <0.01

The data are presented as medians and interquartile intervals