If you have persistent pain, you should always consult your physician. However, flank pain most commonly results from one of three causes: urinary tract infection (UTI), kidney stones, and musculoskeletal problems like a muscle strain or pinched nerve. The kidneys are your bodyâs filters.
The blue dot in the MIP image bottom right marks the maximum SUV within the ROI. The standardized uptake value (SUV) is a nuclear medicine term, used in positron emission tomography (PET) as well as in modern calibrated Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT) imaging for a (semi)quantitative analysis. Its use is particularly common in the analysis of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) images of cancer patients.
The standardized uptake value (SUV) is a nuclear medicine term, used in positron emission tomography (PET) as well as in modern calibrated Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT) imaging for a (semi)quantitative analysis. Its use is particularly common in the analysis of [18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([18 F]FDG) images of cancer patients.