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Table 3 Mean value and standard deviation of the calibration factors using blood samples for the input functions using different locations or reconstruction settings

From: Validation of image-derived input function using a long axial field of view PET/CT scanner for two different tracers

Input function

[18F]FDG (N = 8)

[18F]DPA-714 (N = 10)

Continuous blood sampler

N/A

0.81 (0.02) *

EARL 2_AA

0.87 (0.04)

0.87 (0.13)

EARL 2_DA

0.86 (0.06)

0.47 (0.08)

EARL 2_LV

0.85 (0.05)

0.44 (0.08)

EARL 2_MRD322_AA

0.87 (0.05)

0.86 (0.12)

it8_AA

0.88 (0.04)

0.95 (0.18)

it4_nogauss_AA

0.87 (0.04)

0.88 (0.14)

it6_nogauss_AA

0.88 (0.04)

0.94 (0.17)

it8_nogauss_AA

0.88 (0.04)

0.97 (0.19)

it8_nogauss_mat440_AA

0.91 (0.06)

0.93 (0.10)

it10_nogauss_AA

0.89 (0.04)

0.99 (0.21)

it10_nogauss_abs_AA

0.82 (0.04)

0.68 (0.10)

  1. *Continuous blood sampler was not available for 2 patients (N = 8). AA: Ascending Aorta;
  2. DA: Descending Aorta; LV: Left Ventricular Cavity; it: iterations; mat: matrix; gauss: Gaussian post-filtering, MRD: maximum ring differences; abs: absolute scatter correction method