FIGURE 2.

The dependence of SUV_max, blood-pool SUV_mean, cSUV_max, and the TBR on FDG circulating time. The average maximum carotid (A) and aortic (B) arterial FDG activity was invariant to time, whereas blood-pool activity decreased and blood-pool corrected values and the TBR significantly increased with time. Error bars represent the 95% confidence interval of the mean. ***P < 0.0001 decline or increase compared with previous time point established by the paired Student t test. Reproduced with permission from Blomberg et al.²¹