Visual interpretation, not SUV ratios, is the ideal method to interpret 18F-DOPA PET scans to aid in the cure of patients with focal congenital hyperinsulinism

• Pradeep K. Garg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Pradeep.Garg@cmitla.org

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Biomedical Research Foundation, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8874-7082

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• Burton Putegnat,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Visualization

  Affiliation Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• Lisa Truong,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• Courtney Reynolds,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9487-2667

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• Irene Sanchez,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• Jonathan K. Nedrelow,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• John Uffman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• Stephen J. Lokitz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Biomedical Research Foundation, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Rachid Nazih,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Biomedical Research Foundation, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6862-0295

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• Sudha Garg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Biomedical Research Foundation, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Paul S. Thornton

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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