Table 2:

Statistical analysis of differences and correlation between SUVmax from PET/CT and PET/MRI

Primary Tumor Lesions (n = 4)Lymph Node Lesions (n = 45)Distant Metastasis Lesions (n = 38)
Spearman r1.000.930.92
PET/CT15.69 ± 8.615.42 ± 2.835.30 ± 2.56
PET/MRI15.88 ± 5.017.10 ± 3.616.35 ± 2.92
Differencea0.20 ± 3.971.67 ± 1.761.05 ± 1.42
P valueb.875<.0001<.0001

  • ↵a Difference is SUVmax PET/MRI minus SUVmax PET/CT.

  • ↵b P value from the Wilcoxon signed rank test.