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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2013 Sep 19;54(11):1902–1908. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.112.118125

TABLE 2.

A complete list of target tissues/organs encompassed by a hand-drawn region of interest.

Location N Median SUV
Min Q1 Median Q3 Max
Pancreas 93 4.41 9.18 12.36 14.74 22.44
Right Lobe Liver 93 4.25 7.27 8.79 10.41 20.37
Left Lobe Liver 93 4.10 6.72 8.20 9.67 15.48
Right Tonsil 92 0.74 2.70 3.60 4.48 6.83
Left Tonsil 92 1.25 2.45 3.38 4.59 7.47
Right Kidney 89 1.58 2.93 3.34 3.91 6.37
Left Kidney 91 1.79 2.78 3.20 3.81 5.96
Left Submandibular Gland 90 0.87 2.47 3.08 3.80 6.51
Right Submandibular Gland 90 1.39 2.44 2.98 3.75 5.88
Spleen 90 1.55 2.35 2.59 3.02 5.10
Right Parotid Gland 91 0.42 1.91 2.48 3.44 5.77
Left Parotid Gland 93 0.43 1.88 2.46 3.21 6.47
T6 Vertebral Body 93 1.08 2.01 2.45 2.95 5.11
Adenoids 93 0.72 1.43 2.20 3.18 5.47
T5 Vertebral Body 93 0.97 1.82 2.19 2.94 4.97
T4 Vertebral Body 93 1.09 1.76 2.18 2.68 4.54
T10 Vertebral Body 93 0.61 1.69 2.07 2.68 4.29
T12 Vertebral Body 93 0.61 1.68 2.00 2.41 4.94
T11 Vertebral Body 93 0.52 1.64 2.02 2.43 4.32
Left Vocal Cord 93 0.60 1.24 1.62 2.02 3.00
Right Vocal Cord 93 0.73 1.33 1.53 1.89 2.85
Left Ventricle Muscle 93 0.76 1.07 1.24 1.56 3.14
Right Thyroid 91 0.23 0.96 1.20 1.65 3.90
Left Thyroid 91 0.17 0.89 1.23 1.70 3.96
Right Testicle 54 0.30 0.57 1.17 1.48 2.31
Left Testicle 54 0.28 0.51 0.92 1.25 1.70
Left Ventricle Cavity 93 0.48 0.70 0.83 1.00 1.58
Left Lower Lobe Lung 92 0.37 0.60 0.78 0.92 1.24
Right Quadriceps 93 0.34 0.59 0.74 0.86 1.32
Right Upper Lobe Lung 92 0.44 0.61 0.70 0.83 1.42
Left Upper Lobe Lung 93 0.39 0.59 0.72 0.82 1.36
Left Quadriceps 93 0.17 0.57 0.69 0.85 1.31
Right Middle Lobe Lung 92 0.35 0.54 0.68 0.83 1.24
Right Lower Lobe Lung 93 0.34 0.53 0.64 0.78 1.04
Lingula 93 0.36 0.52 0.62 0.75 1.40

SUV = standardized uptake value; Min = minimum; Q1 = first quartile; Q3 = third quartile; Max = maximum.