Distribution of SUVmax vs Z-score.

<p>It is apparent that the Z-scores of the most abnormal cases are greater than 2.0.</p

Standard body and registration example in a coronal plane.

<p>(a) A male standard body selected from normal database. (b) An another normal body to be deformed to the standard body shown in (a). (c) A result of physique registration. (d) A result of physique and bladder registration. (e) A result of physique, bladder, and liver registration. (f) A result of physique, organ, and surface registration.</p

Calculated distributions of mean and SD in SUV for male and female in a coronal plane.

<p>Actual distributions are in 3D. (a) Mean distribution for male. (b) SD distribution for male. (c) Mean distribution for female. (d) SD distribution for female.</p

Area distributions in coronal direction to determine Anterior (A) and posterior (P) planes.

<p>Head region was excluded to count.</p

Determined planes (red lines) to extract torso region.

<p>(a) Neck-Shoulder (NS) plane. (b) Arms-Chest (AC) planes (left/right). (c) Thigh-Hips (TH) plane. (d) Anterior and Posterior (A, P) planes.</p

Area distributions in sagittal and axial directions to determine NS and AC planes.

<p>Area distributions in sagittal and axial directions to determine NS and AC planes.</p

Example of normal accumulation (bladder).

<p>The SUV of 65.4 was converted into Z-score of 1.84, because the mean and SD at the location (an arrow) were 19.6 and 24.9, respectively.</p

An example of labeled images in waist (a) and thigh (b) regions to be used for determining the TH plane.

<p>An example of labeled images in waist (a) and thigh (b) regions to be used for determining the TH plane.</p

Characteristics of the normal patients.

<p>mean [min, max]</p><p>Characteristics of the normal patients.</p

Automated configured points to represent NS, TH, A, P, BL and LV planes.

<p>Automated configured points to represent NS, TH, A, P, BL and LV planes.</p