Effect of blood pool 18F-FDG activity on liver SUV: a calibration methodology study
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-2848.2016.02.015
- VernacularTitle:血液本底对肝脏18F-FDG SUV的影响及校正方法探讨
- Author:
Guobing LIU
;
Yanli LI
;
Yan HU
;
Hui TAN
;
Hongcheng SHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Liver;
Standardized uptake value;
Tomography,emission-computed;
Tomography,X-ray computed;
Deoxyglucose
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2016;36(2):166-170
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To identify the effect of blood pool 18F-FDG activity on liver SUV and to investigate the optimal normalization method.Methods PET/CT and common serological examination items from 1 018 subjects were retrospectively collected.Mean SUV of liver and blood were recorded as SUVmean(L) and SUVmean (B),respectively.The difference and quotient of SUVmean(L) and SUV mean (B) were calculated as SUVmean (L-B) and SUVmean (L/B),respectively.CV of SUVmean (L),SUVmean (L-B) and SUVmean(L/B) were calculated to assess their inter-individual variations.Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the relationship of SUVmean(L),SUVmean(L-B),SUVmean(L/B) with SUVmean(B).Multiple linear stepwise regression was performed to identify their vulnerability to common serological examination items.Results CV of SUVmean(L/B) (15.1%) was less than that of SUmean(L) (23.2%) and SUVmean(L-B) (40.6%).Correlation between SUVmean(L) and SUVmean(B) (r =0.820,P<0.001) was more significant than that between SUVmean(L-B) and SUVmean(B) (r =0.205,P<0.001) as well as between SUVmean (L/B) and SUVmean (B) (r=-0.376,P<0.001).Blood glucose and BMI correlated with SUVmean(L) and SUVmean(L/B),but not with SUV (B).Age and HDL correlated with SUVmean(L) and SUVmean(B),but not with SUV (L/B).Fatty liver was significantly associated with SUV mean (L/B) (β =-0.047,P <0.001),but not with SUVmean(L) and SUVmean (B).Conclusions 18 F-FDG activity of blood pool affects liver SUV.SUV mean (L/B) is a simple and reliable normalization method since its inter-individual variation and vulnerability to common serological examination items are relatively lower than liver SUV.