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Table 1 Tumor characteristics

From: Comparison of novel multi-level Otsu (MO-PET) and conventional PET segmentation methods for measuring FDG metabolic tumor volume in patients with soft tissue sarcoma

Information

Number (%)

(n = 48)

Range of SUVmax

(mean)

Range of GTV (cm3)

(mean)

Histology

 Liposarcoma

10 (20.8%)

3.4015.94

(7.73)

111.17–1532.36

(561.66)

 Malignant fibrous histocytomas

17 (35.4%)

5.37–28.19

(14.97)

17.17–2336.46

(632.67)

 Leiomyosarcoma

9 (18.8%)

3.98–29.99

(13.36)

54.18–420.72

(227.38)

 Synovial sarcoma

5 (10.4%)

6.78–28.71

(13.78)

35.11–543.73

(262.59)

 Fibrosarcoma

1 (2.1%)

5.39

79.22

 Extraskeletal bone sarcoma

3 (6.3%)

7.80–27.77

(22.68)

206.06–743.95

(403.11)

 Other

3 (6.3%)

9.18–17.46

(12.30)

79.90–727.70

(402.13)

Location of primary tumor

 Pelvis

8 (16.7%)

  

 Thigh

29 (60.4%)

  

 Calf

5 (10.4%)

  

 Knee

2 (4.2%)

  

 Upper extremity

4 (8.3%)

  

Grade

 High

26 (54.2%)

  

 Intermediate

15 (31.3%)

  

 Lower

4 (8.3%)

  

 Ungraded

3 (6.3%)