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Table 4 Mean and standard deviation of kinetic parameters estimated from TACs of SUVmax, and SUVmean, comparing HCC and ICC

From: Dynamic 18F-FDG PET imaging of liver lesions: evaluation of a two-tissue compartment model with dual blood input function

Parameters

SUVmean

SUVmax

HCC

ICC

P value

HCC

ICC

P value

K1

0.39 ± 0.19

0.69 ± 0.43

0.0217*

0.63 ± 0.32

1.11 ± 0.62

0.0135*

k2

0.59 ± 0.38

0.74 ± 0.35

0.2197

0.61 ± 0.31

0.88 ± 0.48

0.0764

k3

0.145 ± 0.150

0.058 ± 0.047

0.0103*

0.120 ± 0.131

0.049 ± 0.046

0.0185*

k4

0.015 ± 0.016

0.006 ± 0.011

0.069

0.013 ± 0.013

0.002 ± 0.005

0.0009***

fA

0.79 ± 0.27

0.47 ± 0.33

0.0052**

0.89 ± 0.22

0.62 ± 0.36

0.0194*

νB

0.015 ± 0.017

0.017 ± 0.023

0.74

0.028 ± 0.023

0.023 ± 0.023

0.57

Ki

0.067 ± 0.041

0.041 ± 0.025

0.0209*

0.087 ± 0.062

0.049 ± 0.033

0.0207*

  1. ****, ***, **, and * denote statistical significance at the 0.1%, 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively