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. 2018 Oct 3;8:14760. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33034-5

Table 2.

Median parameter estimates from fits with the three different compartment models in every patient, together with SUVmax and SUV-to-background ratio (SUR): K1 and k2 from the simplified 1TCM; K1, k2 and VB from the standard 1TCM; K1, k2, k3, k4 and VB from the 2TCM.

Grade SUVmax SUR s1TCM 1TCM 2TCM
K1[10−2 min−1] k2[10−2 min−1] K1[10−2 min−1] k2[10−2 min−1] VB[ml/100 ml] K1[10−2 min−1] k2[10−2 min−1] k3[10−2 min−1] k4[10−2 min−1] VB
[ml/100 ml]
III 1.7 2.1 6.6 10.4 4.9 6.8 4.2 9.3 59.2 18.4 4.1 2.2
3.9 3.4 12.4 9.2 10.3 6.8 6.7 13.7 33.1 23.0 7.0 5.1
1.9 1.6 7.3 11.8 4.5 6.2 7.9 7.4 34.4 15.2 3.7 6.6
1.1 1.2 15.3 39.2 4.3 7.3 8.6 7.2 45.8 28.8 7.7 7.3
3.3 2.7 18.9 15.1 14.7 10.7 9.3 22.2 47.2 19.0 8.7 5.9
3.0 3.1 27.2 26.5 16.4 13.4 10.3 19.4 32.8 28.3 17.2 9.4
1.2 1.4 8.9 20.5 4.6 9.3 5.7 9.6 100 30.6 6.7 4.8
IV 1.9 1.7 23.9 43.3 7.2 8.7 12.6 10.1 51.8 35.1 7.5 11.4
2.9 3.7 42.7 33.8 33.3 22.5 14.7 47.9 100 22.1 13.7 11.5
4.6 3.2 23.2 15.6 14.8 7.5 15.9 21.8 49.8 44.8 8.4 13.4
3.3 2.9 22.6 18.0 18.5 13.5 9.8 38.7 100 17.5 6.7 6.9
3.4 4.1 17.1 15.3 12.6 9.6 11.5 20.4 46.7 18.5 7.4 8.8
2.9 3.0 11.7 7.5 9.0 4.5 11.2 17.5 63.4 26.3 2.2 7.2
3.4 3.4 13.9 11.0 9.9 6.5 8.7 20.0 97.9 30.6 5.9 5.8
1.9 2.6 12.7 17.5 5.8 5.0 9.4 8.5 56.2 56.3 6.6 9.1
2.8 2.6 14.7 14.7 10.4 7.4 10.4 16.2 42.3 23.8 7.5 7.7

Note: Median Parameter estimates were used instead of averages, due to several voxels with failed fits, which yielded outliers towards high transfer rates (~100 10−2 min−1 was set as upper constraint for all parameters).