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. 2021 Sep 13;29(4):1702–1709. doi: 10.1007/s12350-021-02781-w

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Baseline systemic arterial inflammation is related to five-year follow-up systemic arterial micro-calcification. Correlation between arterial [18F]-fluordeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) uptake at baseline and arterial [18F]-sodium fluoride ([18F]NaF) uptake at five-year follow-up, expressed as target-to-background ratio (TBR). TBR was calculated by dividing the maximal standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of the arteries by the mean standardized uptake value (SUVmean) of the caval veins (blood pool)