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. 2020 Oct 6;20:70. doi: 10.1186/s40644-020-00348-5

Table 2.

Optimal indices and cut-off to discriminate between low- and high-grade gliomas

Authors Year Patients (#) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Optimal ratio used
Patel et al. 2018 45 70 78 SUVmax T/N > 1.7
Youland et al. 2018 13 85 93 SUVmax T/N > 2
Bund et al. 2017 33 60 100 SUVmax T/N > 2.16
Janvier et al. 2015 31 71 100 SUVmean T/N > 1.33
Nioche et al. 2013 33 94 66 SUVmean > 2.5

T/N Tumor uptake divided by normal brain uptake.