SUV (disambiguation)
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The term SUV normally refers to sport utility vehicle
s. It can also refer to:
Sport utility vehicle
A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing term for a vehicle similar to a station wagon, but built on a light-truck chassis. It is usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on- or off-road ability, and with some pretension or ability to be used as an off-road vehicle. Not all four-wheel...
s. It can also refer to:
- Standardized Uptake ValueStandardized Uptake ValueThe Standardized Uptake Value is often used in PET imaging for quantitative analysis of PET. It is useful for a simple analysis of fluorodeoxyglucose images, e.g. to monitor the progress of disease during cancer therapy. It can also be used with other PET agents when no arterial input function is...
, a measure used in Positron Emission TomographyPositron emission tomographyPositron emission tomography is nuclear medicine imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or picture of functional processes in the body. The system detects pairs of gamma rays emitted indirectly by a positron-emitting radionuclide , which is introduced into the body on a...
for quantification - Small unilamellar vesicleLiposomeLiposomes are artificially prepared vesicles made of lipid bilayer. Liposomes can be filled with drugs, and used to deliver drugs for cancer and other diseases. Liposomes are composite structures made of phospholipids and may contain small amounts of other molecules...
, a liposome with a single lipid bilayer