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Table 2 Characteristics of PET protocol

From: Prognostic value of pretreatment standardized uptake value of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET in patients with gastric cancer: a meta-analysis

Study

NO. of patients

Patients with FDG-avid tumor

Correction of SUV

Blood glucose level(mg/dl)

Fasting time(h)

Uptake time(min)

Injected dose of FDG(MBq)

Type of the PET engine

Reconstruction method

Attenuation correction

Stahl 2003 [4]

40

24 (60%)

Body weight

unknown

6 h

40

300

Siemens

filter back-projection

ND

Mochiki 2004 [14]

85

64 (75.2%)

Body weight

unknown

4 h

40

275–370

SET 2400 W instrument

OS-EM

ND

Chung 2010 [23]

35

35 (100%)

Body weight

<120 NDM‚ <200 DM

6 h

Unknown

4.8/kg

GPS

LOR

CT

Park, 2012 [16]

82

82 (100%)

Body weight

≦130

4 h

60

unknown

GPS

OSEM and 3-D RAMLA

CT

Lee 2012 [15]

271

149 (55%)

Body mass

unknown

6 h

60

5.18 /kg

GPS

OS-EM

CT

Kim 2014 [24]

97

50 (51.5%)

Body weight

<130 NDM‚ <200 DM

6 h

50–60

3.7–5.5/kg

Biograph Truepoint 40

Unknown

CT

Lee 2015 [12]

279

223 (80%)

Body mass

unknown

4 h

60

370 for APS

Lee 2015 [12]

OS-EM

CT

Song2015 [26]

151

122 (81%)

Body weight

<150

6 h

60

5.5/kg

DPS

OS-EM

CT

  1. Abbreviations: NDM no diabetes mellitus, DM diabetes mellitus, OS-EM ordered subset expectation maximization, 3-D RAMLA row action maximum likelihood algorithm, LOR response algorithm, ND not determined, APS advanced pet scanner, GPS Gemini Philip scanner, DSS discovery ste scanner