Table 1 The bias and relative change in lesion SUVmax and SUVmean for all the simulated bladder SUVs and for lesion diameter 10 mm. These are estimated from the mean SUVs from all the noise realisations. (The % bias values are given in parentheses)
Bladder SUV | Simulated lesions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L1 | L2 | L3 | ||||
SUVmax | SUVmean | SUVmax | SUVmean | SUVmax | SUVmean | |
SUV 8.5 | 8.08 (1.00) | 5.90 (− 26.28) | 7.98 (− 0.21) | 5.82 (− 27.27) | 7.30 (− 8.72) | 5.70 (− 28.72) |
SUV 19.3 | 8.13 (1.61) | 5.89 (− 26.39) | 8.05 (0.57) | 5.81 (− 27.39) | 7.68 (− 3.95) | 5.80 (− 27.47) |
SUV 33.8 | 8.23 (2.82) | 5.88 (− 26.53) | 8.08 (0.97) | 5.78 (− 27.71) | 8.19 (2.41) | 5.90 (− 26.23) |
SUV 55.5 | 8.35 (4.41) | 5.87 (− 26.57) | 8.14 (1.78) | 5.78 (− 27.78) | 9.54 (19.27) | 6.03 (− 24.61) |
% Change | 3.37 | − 0.39 | 1.99 | − 0.70 | 30.67 | 5.77 |