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. 2020 Oct 31;10:133. doi: 10.1186/s13550-020-00706-1

Table 2.

Standard uptake values (SUVmean; SUVmax in parentheses) for selected areas of a PET scan in human (Fig. 7)

Organ 25 min p.i 45 min p.i 90 min p.i
Blood (thoracic aorta) 2.43 (3.49) 1.85 (3.22) 1.61 (3.02)
Heart 2.27 (4.11) 1.88 (3.43) 1.48 (2.81)
Lung (avg.) 0.72 (1.09) 0.64 (1.24) 0.50 (1.03)
Liver 2.25 (4.26) 1.75 (3.19) 1.94 (3.74)
Spleen 3.97 (5.78) 3.97 (5.79) 3.81 (5.64)
Pancreas 1.75 (3.19) 1.64 (3.21) 1.30 (2.35)
Stomach 2.84 (5.01) 2.62 (4.99) 2.22 (4.08)
Small intestine 2.20 (4.06) 2.05 (3.91) 2.07 (4.18)
Large intestine (ascending) 1.50 (3.07) 1.24 (2.48) 1.16 (2.11)
Kidneys (avg.) 43.7 (78.2) 23.4 (52.8) 24.5 (54.9)
Urinary bladder 93.2 (129) 126 (206) 116 (172)
Adrenals (avg.) 2.27 (4.12) 2.15 (3.70) 2.10 (3.76)
Muscle 0.78 (1.45) 0.71 (1.40) 0.82 (1.60)
Eye (avg.) 2.11 (3.82) 2.34 (4.35) 2.64 (4.78)
Coeliac plexus (avg.) 6.51 (12.3) 6.80 (12.2) 6.07 (11.3)
Choroid plexus 13.7 (26.9) 11.1 (20.8) 9.71 (17.4)