TABLE 1

List of Abbreviations Used in Manuscript

AbbreviationMeaning
BABlood activity
dX-vY protocolProtocol involving an X-min duration acquisition with reconstructed voxel size of Y mm
dX-vY-f protocoldX-vY protocol, followed by 3-dimensional gaussian postfiltering of 4 mm in FWHM in each direction
dX-vY-psf protocoldX-vY protocol involving a gaussian kernel model of 4 mm in FWHM within the reconstruction
ENIEffective number of iterations
IcountsIndex characterizing the number of counts in the raw data to be reconstructed
LBRLesion–to–blood activity ratio
OSEMOrdered-subset expectation maximization
OWAObserved wall activity
PSFPoint spread function
PVEPartial-volume effect
RWAReal wall activity
SUVStandardized uptake value
SUVmaxMaximum SUV in the volume of interest
SUVmeanMean SUV in the volume of interest
SUVmeanofmaxMean of the SUVmax measured in all transaxial slices encompassing the lesion
TBRTarget–to–blood activity ratio
TBRmaxTBR calculated using the maximum uptake in the target
TBRmeanTBR calculated using the mean uptake in the target
TBRmeanofmaxTBR calculated by averaging the maximum uptake measured in all transaxial slices encompassing the target
VOIVolume of interest