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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2014 May 15;55(7):1138–1143. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.114.139170

Table 1.

Kinetic parameters of 18F− uptake in mice bearing MDA-MB-231 tumors. The tumors contain hydroxyapetite similar to what is found in normal bone. All value are presented as mean ± SD. K18F is the 18F− uptake constant described as K1k2/(k2+k3).

Region K1 (ml/g/min) k2 (1/min) k3 (1/min) k4 (1/min) K18F (ml/g/min)
Tumor 0.42 ± 0.19 1.27 ± 0.92 0.07 ± 0.06 0.03 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.01
Bone 0.25 ± 0.11 0.44 ± 0.12 0.60 ± 0.42 0.002 ± 0.002 0.14 ± 0.08