Table 3.

Mean SUV indexes variation in comparison to PET100, considering the visible spheres pooled from the 3 experiments

	PET50	PET50 + SP	PET33	PET33 + SP
ΔSUVmax
Mean value	9.1%	− 4.6%	14.6%	− 1.4%
Standard deviation	17.9%	14.2%	16.5%	13.6%
p value	4E−04	0.061	< 1.E4	0.94
ΔSUVpeak
Mean value	1.5%	− 5.0%	2.5%	− 4.7%
Standard deviation	7.8%	7.2%	11.2%	10.2%
p value	0.16	5E−04	0.14	0.025
ΔSUVmean
Mean value	− 0.2%	− 5.7%	0.0%	− 5.5%
Standard deviation	0.3%	8.6%	2.4%	10.7%
p value	0.71	< 1.E4	0.96	< 1.E4

p values of the paired t test between the SUV values for PET100 and the corresponding SUV for the 4 acquisitions/reconstructions are given