TABLE 1.

Reproducibility of Tumor Measurements Using Dynamic H215O PET/CT Scans

Repeatability coefficient
MeasurementICC95% CIAbsolute valueRelative value (%)
Tumor perfusion (F)
 CT-based VOI, NLR0.9970.986–0.9990.030 mL·cm−3·min−115.8
 Parametric VOI, NLR*0.9800.915–0.9960.074 mL·cm−3·min−119.9
 Direct parametric VOI*0.9770.901–0.9950.084 mL·cm−3·min−140.9
Volume of distribution (VT)
 CT-based VOI, NLR0.8800.560–0.9720.20 mL·cm−347.3
 Parametric VOI, NLR*0.8710.532–0.9690.19 mL·cm−337.0
 Direct parametric VOI*0.9080.649–0.9790.17 mL·cm−336.8
Tumor size
 CT-based VOI0.9980.993–1.00014.2 cm327.3
 Parametric VOI*0.8110.367–0.95429.5 cm398.6
  • * Parametric perfusion images with 10-mm filter were used.

  • Values were obtained by projecting parametric-based VOI onto dynamic H215O images.

  • Values were obtained by direct extraction from parametric image.

  • n = 9 lesions.