Table 2.
SUVmax and SUVmean (mean ± standard deviation) for the 4 different reconstruction algorithms. AMAP-S and AMAP-R refer to reconstructions where lesion is absent in the CT and AMAP-S CT and AMAP-R CT to lesion-present cases
| Method | SUV | Area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skull | Sternum | Ribs | Spine | Pelvis | ||
| OSEM | Max | 13.3 ± 1.2 | 11.4 ± 1.3 | 13.0 ± 0.2 | 9.2 ± 0.3 | 18.6 ± 3.6 |
| Mean | 7.6 ± 0.1 | 7.2 ± 0.1 | 6.8 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.7 | 8.7 ± 1.1 | |
| RDP | Max | 21.2 ± 4.1 | 20.8 ± 2.6 | 24.8 ± 2.1 | 10.2 ± 0.1 | 23.1 ± 6.3 |
| Mean | 11.3 ± 1.3 | 11.5 ± 0.7 | 10.5 ± 0.8 | 4.9 ± 0.3 | 10.2 ± 2.1 | |
| AMAP-S | Max | 22.9 ± 1.6 | 32.2 ± 6.7 | 26.3 ± 1.0 | 10.9 ± 7.8 | 22.2 ± 4.0 |
| Mean | 9.4 ± 1.3 | 11.4 ± 1.1 | 8.9 ± 0.2 | 5.4 ± 0.3 | 10.0 ± 1.1 | |
| AMAP-S CT | Max | 31.2 ± 3.4 | 18.4 ± 5.1 | 17.4 ± 3.1 | 11.9 ± 2.4 | 17.5 ± 2.6 |
| Mean | 16.2 ± 0.1 | 12.3 ± 1.9 | 11.3 ± 1.4 | 11.0 ± 2.8 | 12.8 ± 0.3 | |
| AMAP-R | Max | 34.3 ± 5.3 | 37.2 ± 2.9 | 45.0 ± 7.3 | 16.0 ± 8.7 | 29.7 ± 2.0 |
| Mean | 12.1 ± 2.8 | 12.2 ± 0.3 | 11.2 ± 0.3 | 6.0 ± 0.2 | 11.0 ± 1.2 | |
| AMAP-R CT | Max | 35.9 ± 1.5 | 16.4 ± 8.2 | 21.9 ± 2.5 | 13.5 ± 1.3 | 19.8 ± 3.2 |
| Mean | 17.7 ± 0.9 | 12.7 ± 1.6 | 12.4 ± 1.7 | 10.9 ± 1.4 | 14.1 ± 0.2 | |