TABLE 1

Visual Assessment of Erroneous Decrease in Myocardial Uptake in PET/CT Images*

Degree of misregistration
Site0 mm1 mm2 mm3 mm4 mm5 mm10 mm15 mm
Anterior wall
Subject 100000123
Subject 200001133
Subject 300011123
Subject 400000013
Subject 511111123
Subject 600000123
Subject 711111233
Subject 800000023
P (vs. reference)1.001.000.990.890.23<0.01<0.01
Inferior wall
Subject 111111112
Subject 200000111
Subject 300011122
Subject 422222222
Subject 522222222
Subject 611111112
Subject 733333333
Subject 811111122
P (vs. reference)1.001.001.001.000.990.820.40
Lateral wall
Subject 100000023
Subject 200001123
Subject 300011123
Subject 400000012
Subject 511111123
Subject 600000023
Subject 722222233
Subject 800000123
P (vs. reference)1.001.000.990.940.74<0.05<0.01
Septum
Subject 100000011
Subject 200000001
Subject 300000001
Subject 411111112
Subject 511111111
Subject 600000000
Subject 711111111
Subject 811111122
P (vs. reference)1.001.001.001.001.000.980.29
  • * Data are erroneous-decrease scores based on 4-point scale (0 = none, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, and 3 = severe).