@diverjer Please don’t get too far in the weeds with SUV #s! It is just a number used to reference the uptake of tracer; and since many body parts and older injuries and inflammatory conditions exhibit uptake, you can stare at that PET scan until you go blind and interpret it any way you like.
It is WAY TOO EARLY in your new reality to start getting hung up on the mechanics of nuclear radiology!!
It’s good to know terms, it’s good to question, but leave the minutiae to the ROs; they know more than our Google search will ever tell us and have years of experience interpreting scans and weeding out the relevant data.
In the beginning, I too dissected every word, tried to interpret every nuance, read everything I could get my hands on. I have something of a scientific background so it was only natural to be inquisitive…But
After many months of that I was physically sick of it and I decided to let go and let the doctors do the heavy lifting - not me.
This is a nut twister of a disease and it is anything but straightforward so please try to relax and not think that everything is etched in stone. You’re going to find that it is only written in pencil, erased numerous times and what you are seeing today could change tomorrow. Best,
Phil