Table 5.
Summary of the absolute differences in terms of SUV mean and SUV max, within each ROI analyzed, for each of the five comparisons
| ROI | Variable | Absolute Differences | ||||
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| PET/MR MRAC no coil versus PET/MR CTAC | PET/MR MRAC no coil versus PET/CT | PET/MR MRAC carotid coil versus PET/MR MRAC no coil | PET/MR MRAC scan 1 versus PET/MR MRAC scan 2 | PET/MR CTAC versus PET/CT | ||
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| * | ** | *** | **** | ** | ||
| Left Carotid | SUV mean | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.08 | -0.05 | 0.14 |
| SUV max | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.16 | -0.03 | 0.00 | |
| Right Carotid | SUV mean | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| SUV max | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.22 | -0.07 | 0.04 | |
| Muscle | SUV mean | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.16 |
| SUV max | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.16 | |
| Spine | SUV mean | -0.02 | -0.01 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| SUV max | 0.00 | -0.37 | 0.18 | 0.03 | -0.37 | |
| Left Lung | SUV mean | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| SUV max | 0.01 | -0.09 | 0.09 | 0.11 | -0.09 | |
| Right Lung | SUV mean | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| SUV max | -0.03 | -0.08 | 0.13 | 0.16 | -0.06 | |
*
PET/MR with CTAC map as reference.
**
PET/CT as reference.
***
PET/MR with no coil as reference.
****
PET/MR scan-1 as reference.