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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2021 Feb 1;48(9):2771–2781. doi: 10.1007/s00259-021-05197-3

TABLE 3. Standardized uptake values (SUV), as measured on 100% standard-dose18F-FDG PET, simulated 6.25% ultra-low-dose18F-FDG PET and AI-reconstructed18F-FDG PET scans.

Data represent mean and median SUVmax, SUVmean and SUVstd values of representative tumors, the liver and medastinal blood pool.

100% standard-dose PET 6.25% ultra-low-dose PET A1-reconstructed PET
Liver
SUV_max
  Mean (SD) 2.65 (1.12) 5.87 (2.44) 2.92 (1.06)
  Median [Q1, Q3] 2.47 [2.19, 2.69] 5.49 [4.79, 6.23] 2.71 [2.46, 2.97]
SUV_mean
  Mean (SD) 1.89 (0.817) 1.98 (0.866) 1.90 (0.852)
  Median [Q1, Q3] 1.80 [1.54, 1.94] 1.78 [1.56, 1.96] 1.73 [1.48, 1.91]
SUV_std
  Mean (SD) 0.216 (0.0826) 0.774 (0.277) 0.270 (0.0894)
  Median [Q1, Q3] 0.200 [0.170, 0.240] 0.710 [0.670, 0.845] 0.250 [0.225, 0.300]

Mediastinal Blood Pool
SUV_max
  Mean (SD) 2.44 (1.13) 5.11 (2.55) 2.60 (121)
  Median [Q1, Q3] 2.22 [1.68, 2.68] 4.22 [3.29, 6.40] 2.44 [1.77, 2.97]
SUV_mean
  Mean (SD) 1.53 (0.863) 1.61 (0.809) 1.59 (0.794)
  Median [Q1, Q3] 1.25 [1.02, 1.67] 1.38 [1.12, 1.82] 1.47 [1.08, 1.70]
SUV_std
  Mean (SD) 0.237 (0.0951) 0.690 (0.316) 0.262 (0.119)
  Median [Q1, Q3] 0.220 [0.175, 0.275] 0.580 [0.445, 0.905] 0.240 [0.180, 0.330]

Tumor
SUV_max
  Mean (SD) 11.9 (6.44) 15.0 (7.19) 10.6 (5.95)
  Median [Q1, Q3] 11.6 [7.04, 15.4] 14.2 [9.92, 18.8] 9.77 [6.29, 13.8]
SUV_mean
  Mean (SD) 3.87 (2.33) 3.79 (2.23) 3.63 (2.24)
  Median [Q1, Q3] 3.17 [2.32, 5.39] 3.24 [2.37, 4.94] 2.90 [2.23, 4.96]