Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 8 Correlation between FDG findings and CT findings in the 50 patients of study population within the descending thoracic aorta

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

Descending Thoracic Aorta
	Intimal changes %		Luminal diameter		Intimal thickness		Intimal HU		Calcifications %
	P value	Rs value	P value	Rs value	P value	Rs value	P value	Rs value	P value	Rs value
Early SUVmax	0.777	0.04	0.722	0.05	0.140	0.2	0.292	0.1	0.681	0.06
Delayed SUVmax	0.01	0.21	0.043	0.2	0.052	0.2	0.006	0.06	0.006	0.2
Retention index %	0.000	0.6	0.022	0.03	0.046	0.3	0.060	0.4	0.002	0.04

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