Effect of iMAR on SUVmean/max ± 95% CI of pathologic lesions (n = 122) in the vicinity of all included metal implants and effect of iMAR on the not artifact affected liver and blood pool, showing no significant differences between iMAR corrected PET SUV and noMAR PET SUV. CI, confidence interval, HU, Hounsfield unit; iMAR, iterative metal artifactreduction; SUV, standard uptake value.