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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2022 Jan;23(1):e32–e43. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00577-5

Table 1:

Quantitative PET/MRI Parameters Investigated for Breast Cancer

PET Parameters
SUVmax Maximum standardized uptake value
SUVmean Average standardized uptake value
SUVpeak Peak standardized uptake value determined using 1 cm3 volume sphere including the most intense uptake
MTV Metabolic tumor volume
TLG Total lesion glycolysis = MTV × SUVmean
MRI Parameters
Pharmacokinetic modeling of gadolinium-based contrast agents Ktrans Volume transfer constant between the extravascular extracellular space and plasma
ve Volume of extravascular extracellular space per unit volume of tissue
Kep Flux rate constant between the extravascular extracellular space and plasma = Ktrans / ve
Diffusion weighted imaging ADCmean Mean apparent diffusion coefficient
ADCmin Minimum apparent diffusion coefficient