TABLE 3.

Semiquantitative Measures of Tumors and Physiologic Uptake at Different Time Points

Measure1 h after injection2 h after injection4 h after injection
Lesions3987
Patients1865
SUVmax11.8 (2.7–95.3)29.7 (9.9–137.9)28.9 (12–124.3)
SUVmean6.4 (1.0–49.2)17.7 (5.1–60.8)15.4 (6.8–74)
TLRmax5.0 (0.9–47.7)7.7 (3.8–60.3)8.8 (3.8–4.9)
TLRmean5.1 (0.8–41)7.2 (2.7–60.8)10.0 (41.4–56.9)
TBPRmax4.0 (1.6–15.3)5.5 (1.5–56.1)10.3 (4.0–89.7)
TBPRmean3.3 (1.0–16.2)4.7 (1.0–29.4)7.2 (3.2–52.6)
SUVmean, blood pool1.6 (0.9–2.4)1.4 (1.1–1.6)1.0 (0.7–1.4)
SUVmean, liver1.3 (0.7–2.4)1.7 (1.0–2.3)1.7 (1.3–2.5)
SUVmean, kidney12.5 (6.4–17.5)16.7 (9.4–19.7)21.2 (11.6–25.2)
SUVmean, gastric fundus10.2 (1.8–21.9)13.4 (4.8–18.2)10.1 (2.2–13.3)
  • Qualitative data are number; continuous data are median and range.