Fig. 7
Effect of MAR on SUVmean and SUVmax in regions around the prostheses. Panels A and C are boxplots describing the SUV readings according to whether or not MAR was applied for PET attenuation correction. Panels B and D are boxplots describing the percentual change of SUV induced by MAR. Boxes represent the interquartile range, and the horizontal line represents the median. Whiskers extend to the smallest, respectively, largest values at most 1.5*the interquartile range from the 25th and 75th percentiles. Dots represent outliers. Statistical significance of the difference with use of MAR is indicated in panels A and C; in panels B and D it is indicated whether the percentual increase in SUV differs significantly from 0 (NS denotes not significant, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001). lat_neck lateral neck; med_neck medial neck; lat_diaph lateral diaphysis; med_diaph medial diaphysis