A Partial Volume Effect Correction Tailored for ¹⁸F-FDG-PET Oncological Studies

Table 8

Oncological patients: results of SUV quantification with PVE correction on therapy response classification (EORTC). I means pretreatment SUV; II means posttreatment SUV.

Patient group	Lesion d (cm)	SUV (g/cc)	PVE-corrected SUV (g/cc)	SUV% difference
Skeleton	1.55±0.5	4.7±1.9 (I)	6.6±2.3	46.4±29.7
	(0.9–3.4)	4.2±1.9 (II)	5.8±2.6	45.9±28.7