Table 3 Measured data: transaxial and axial \(h_{PVC}\) FWHM that resulted in the smoothed GT emission image that best matched the reconstructed image
From: Optimisation of the air fraction correction for lung PET/CT: addressing resolution mismatch
Scanner | Reconstruction | \(h_{PVC}(xy)\) FWHM [mm] | \(h_{PVC}(z)\) FWHM [mm] |
|---|---|---|---|
D710 | VPFX 2i (“EARL1”) | 10.7 ± 0.06 | 7.2 ± 0.39 |
D710 | VPFX 4i | 9.6 ± 0.13 | 8.5 ± 0.25 |
D710 | QCFX | 8.9 ± 0.14 | 7.2 ± 0.18 |
Vision | TOF | 8.1 ± 0.11 | 6.8 ± 0.15 |
Vision | TOF+PSF | 6.7 ± 0.05 | 4.3 ± 0.18 |
Vision | TOF (“EARL1”) | 9.3 ± 0.07 | 8.3 ± 0.64 |