Phantom study and clinical application of total-body 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging: How to use small voxel imaging better?

EJNMMI Physics

Table 2 The combination of image matrices and scanning durations reconstructed for phantom and clinical study

Type	Image matrix	Voxel size (mm³)	Scanning duration (min)
Phantom	192 × 192	3.1 × 3.1 × 2.9	3; 5
	512 × 512	1.2 × 1.2 × 2.9	3; 5; 8; 10
	1024 × 1024	0.6 × 0.6 × 2.9	3; 5; 8; 10
Clinical Patient	192 × 192	3.1 × 3.1 × 1.4	3; 5
	512 × 512	1.2 × 1.2 × 1.4	3; 5; 8; 10
	1024 × 1024	0.6 × 0.6 × 1.4	3; 5; 8; 10