Table 5 Median differences (range) of tumor maximum standardized uptake value (SUV_max) using different reconstruction algorithms are displayed in the upper right half of the table. The lower left half of the table shows p values of pairwise comparisons of different reconstructions

OSEM_TOF

–

+ 6.8% (− 4.2 to + 22.0%)

+ 28.0 (+ 6.9 to + 73.5%)

+ 23.4% (+ 4.1 to + 66.6%)

+ 18.5% (− 0.3 to + 61.2%)

+ 13.4% (− 5.0 to + 54.0%)

+ 8.2% (− 11.9 to + 41.3%)

OSEM_PSF

< 0.001

–

+ 17.7% (− 2.7 to + 42.3%)

+ 14.1% (− 5.3 to + 36.6%)

+ 9.3% (− 8.6 to + 32.2%)

+ 6.4% (− 12.4 to + 26.3%)

+ 0.8% (− 18.0 to + 15.8%)

BSREM₃₅₀

< 0.001

< 0.001

–

− 3.6% (− 12.3 to + 6.7%)

− 6.8% (− 24.0 to − 1.3%)

− 10.2% (− 34.0 to − 3.9%)

− 15.1% (− 31.4 to − 5.9%)

BSREM₄₅₀

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

–

− 3.5% (− 13.2 to − 1.0%)

− 7.5% (− 31.0 to − 2.7%)

− 12.5% (− 21.9 to − 4.8%)

BSREM₆₀₀

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

–

− 3.9% (− 26.7 to − 1.4%)

− 9.0% (− 17.5 to − 3.6%)

BSREM₈₀₀

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

–

− 4.8% (− 10.6 to + 16.7%)

BSREM₁₂₀₀

< 0.001

NS

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

–