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Table 3 Mean SUV indexes variation in comparison to PET100, considering the visible spheres pooled from the 3 experiments

From: Clinical and phantom validation of a deep learning based denoising algorithm for F-18-FDG PET images from lower detection counting in comparison with the standard acquisition

 

PET50

PET50 + SP

PET33

PET33 + SP

ΔSUVmax

    

Mean value

9.1%

− 4.6%

14.6%

− 1.4%

Standard deviation

17.9%

14.2%

16.5%

13.6%

p value

4E−04

0.061

< 1.E4

0.94

ΔSUVpeak

    

Mean value

1.5%

− 5.0%

2.5%

− 4.7%

Standard deviation

7.8%

7.2%

11.2%

10.2%

p value

0.16

5E−04

0.14

0.025

ΔSUVmean

    

Mean value

− 0.2%

− 5.7%

0.0%

− 5.5%

Standard deviation

0.3%

8.6%

2.4%

10.7%

p value

0.71

< 1.E4

0.96

< 1.E4

  1. p values of the paired t test between the SUV values for PET100 and the corresponding SUV for the 4 acquisitions/reconstructions are given