Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 6 Descending thoracic aorta FDG dual point quantitative parameters in the 50 patients of study population

From: The role of 18FDG PET/CT imaging of aortic atherosclerosis: prospective study and technique optimization

Descending thoracic FDG activity
	Range	Mean	SD	P value
Early SUVmax	1.2 to 2.5	1.782	0.377	0.255
Delayed SUVmax	1.1 to 3.7	2.113	0.595	0.035
Retention index percentage	− 3 to 65%	18%	22	0.001
Grading of delayed FDG activity	Ranging between grade 1 and 2

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