Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 9 Correlation between FDG findings and CT findings in the 50 patients of study population within the descending abdominal aorta

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

Descending abdominal 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	0.780	0.04	0.0	0.5	0.456	0.1	0.817	0.03	0.102	− 0.2
Delayed SUVmax	0.120	0.04	0.123	00.5	0.01	0.2	0.0067	0.3	0.003	− 0.1
Retention index %	0.011	0.7	0.02	0.02	0.023	0.4	0.017	0.5	0.475	0.0

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