Standardised uptake value (SUV)

The standardised uptake value (SUV) is a number for how brightly a spot lights up on a PET scan.

Tissue radioactivity normalised to injected dose and body weight. SUVmax is the most-used metric; affected by scanner, uptake time, glucose. PERCIST criteria use SUL (lean-body) for response.

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