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Table 5 Summary of the mutual correlation between features pre-selected as significant predictors

From: [18F]FDG-PET/CT texture analysis in thyroid incidentalomas: preliminary results

Feature

SUVstd

SUVmax

MTV

TLG

Skewness

Kurtosis

CorrelationGLCM

SUVstd

1

0.967 (a)

0.250

0.309

−0.123

−0.123

0.257

SUVmax

0.967 (a)

1

0.438

0.491

−0.113

−0.03

0.336

MTV [mL]

0.250

0.438

1

0.970 (a)

−0.211

0.027

0.332

TLG [mL]

0.309

0.491

0.970 (a)

1

−0.240

−0.052

0.342

Skewness

−0.123

−0.113

−0.211

−0.240

1

0.830 (a)

0.027

Kurtosis

−0.123

−0.03

0.027

−0.052

0.830 (a)

1

0.110

CorrelationGLCM

0.257

0.336

0.332

0.342

0.047

0.110

1

  1. MTV metabolic tumor volume, TLG total lesion glycolysis, GLCM gray-level co-occurrence matrix, SUV standardized uptake value
  2. (a) correlation is significant at 0.01 level