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Within-patient variability of F-18-FDG: Standardized uptake values in normal tissues
Paquet, Nancy; Albert, Adelin; Willems, Jacqueline et al.
2004In Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 45 (5), p. 784-788
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Keywords :
instrumentation; oncology; F-18-FDG PET; standardized uptake value; test-retest variability
Abstract :
[en] The aim of this study was to evaluate the test-retest variability of standardized uptake values (SUVs) in normal tissues and the impact of various methods for measuring the SUV. Methods: SUVs were determined in 70 cancer-free patients (40 female and 30 male) on 2 occasions an average of 271 d apart. Mean values for body weight and height, blood glucose level, injected dose, and uptake period did not change between the 2 groups of studies. Four regions of interest (ROIs) were placed-on the liver, lung, mediastinum, and trapezius muscle. Mean and maximum SUVs normalized for body weight were obtained, and normalizations were then applied for lean body mass (LBM), LBM and blood glucose level, body surface area (BSA), and BSA and blood glucose level. Results: In the lungs and muscle, metabolic activity within the ROIs was significantly different in the 2 studies, no matter which method was used for the SUVs. The differences ranged from 0.02 to 0.1 for SUV normalized for body weight and SUV normalized for LBM and from 0.001 to 0.002 for SUV normalized for BSA. In the liver, results were similar for all SUVs, except for maximum SUV corrected for LBM and maximum SUV corrected for LBM and blood glucose level. The metabolic activity measured in the mediastinum was also comparable in the 2 studies, regardless of the type of SUV. When investigating whether any normalization method for SUVs reduces variability and improves test-retest concordance, we found no significant superiority for any. The best intraclass correlation coefficients were obtained with the SUV normalized for body weight, in both the liver and the mediastinum, but the coefficients of variation were similar for all 3 mean SUVs that were not corrected for glucose level (range, 10.8%-13.4%). However, normalizing for blood glucose level increased the variability and decreased the level of concordance between studies. Conclusion: The SUVs measured in normal liver and mediastinum in cancer-free patients are stable over time, no matter which normalization is used. Correcting for blood glucose level increases the variability of the values and should therefore be avoided. Normalizing for BSA or LBM does not improve the reproducibility of the measurements.
Disciplines :
Radiology, nuclear medicine & imaging
Author, co-author :
Paquet, Nancy
Albert, Adelin  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Informatique médicale et biostatistique
Willems, Jacqueline ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Médecine nucléaire
Hustinx, Roland  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Médecine nucléaire
Language :
English
Title :
Within-patient variability of F-18-FDG: Standardized uptake values in normal tissues
Publication date :
May 2004
Journal title :
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
ISSN :
0161-5505
eISSN :
1535-5667
Publisher :
Soc Nuclear Medicine Inc, Reston, United States - Virginia
Volume :
45
Issue :
5
Pages :
784-788
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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