Role of pre-transplant 18F-FDG PET/CT in predicting hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation

Table 4 The standardized uptake values used to define clinically significant 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography positivity for hepatocellular carcinoma

Ref.	Year	No. of patients	Study model	SUV values
				SUVmax	TSUVmax-to-LSUVmax	TSUVmax-to-LSUVmean
Lee et al[34]	2009	59	LT	3	1.15	1.35
Song et al[35]	2012	83	LRT	4	1.45	1.9
Lee et al[36]	2015	280	LDLT	4.4
Hsu et al[37]	2016	147	LDLT	4.8		2
Hong et al[38]	2016	123	LDLT		1.1
Boussouar et al[39]	2016	28	LT		1.15
Bailly et al[40]	2016	34	LT		1.15
Lin et al[41]	2017	65	LT	3.8	1.49	1.69

SUV: Standardized uptake values; TSUVmax: Tumor SUVmax; LSUVmax: Normal-liver SUVmax.