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. 2017 Dec 5;26(3):883–893. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1121-7

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¹⁸F-FDG uptake quantification was based on the SUV_max of all the plaque-containing axial PET slices (A): Max SUV_max = the single highest SUV_max (B), mean SUV_max = the mean of all plaque SUV_max (C), MDS3 = the mean SUV_max of the three contiguous slices centered on the slice with the highest SUV_max (D), MDS5 = the mean SUV_max of the five contiguous slices centered on the slice with the highest SUV_max (E), and mean SUV_max4 = the mean SUV_max of the four slices with highest SUV_max within the plaque(F) (based on a figure by Tawakol et al ³²)