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Table 3 Mean values of MTB, SUVmax of liver, blood pool, brain and muscles as well as percent of change between initial and follow-up studies

From: Influence of metabolic tumor burden on reference tissues’ standardized uptake values in 18F-FDG PET/CT sequential imaging

 

Initial

Follow-up

% of change

Mean values in all different tumors N = 200

MTB

1062.550

454.32

257.09

Liver SUVmax

2.722

2.754

2.41

Blood pool SUVmax

1.93

1.939

3.08

Brain SUVmax

9.353

9.484

6.09

Muscles SUVmax

0.913

0.871

1.26

Mean values in lymphoma cases N = 54

MTB

13330.659

3463.75

318.95

Liver SUVmax

2.724

2.820

4.79

Blood pool SUVmax

1.86

1.928

6.56

Brain SUVmax

9.276

9.809

8.62

Muscles SUVmax

0.948

0.850

0.66