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. 2019 Dec 10;9:106. doi: 10.1186/s13550-019-0569-7

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Fig. 5 — Axial FDG-PET/CT images (a, b and c) from a lung cancer patient with bilateral adrenal gland metastases showing higher SUVs on the dPET scan (b) that was acquired 24 min after the cPET scan (a). The left-gland metastasis (diameter 11 mm) showed ΔSUVs of 7% (SUV_mean), 10% (SUV_peak) and 15% (SUV_max). ΔSUVs of the right-gland metastasis (diameter 14 mm) were 13% (SUV_mean) and 11% (SUV_peak and SUV_max). In this case the impact of the digital scanner cannot be separated from the SUV rise caused by the prolonged FDG-uptake. Meanwhile, the visual image quality of both PET scans appeared comparable in terms of image noise, texture and FDG-uptake as intended with an EARL-compatible protocol