Small nuclei identification with a hemispherical brain PET

EJNMMI Physics

Table 1 SUVs of each small nucleus visually identified in Vrain images and the relationship between the SUVs and age

	SUV in Vrain	Spearman’s correlation coefficient	p value^a
Inferior Colliculus	8.0 ± 1.7	0.811	0.004*
Raphe nucleus	6.1 ± 1.3	0.598	0.068
Red nucleus	7.4 ± 1.8	0.372	0.290
Substantia Nigra	6.5 ± 1.3	0.610	0.061
Anterior nucleus	7.7 ± 2.4	0.098	0.789
Dorsomedial nucleus	8.7 ± 1.9	0.146	0.687
Dentate nucleus	7.3 ± 2.0	0.738	0.015*

SUVs are presented as the average ± 2SD
^ap value represents the probability that the correlation could have occurred by chance
^*p < 0.05