Table 3 Intervals in millimeters where the VBDM are accurate to within 10 % as a function of LS and FWHM where positions ≤0 represents the liver, positions >0 represents the lung, and 0 represents the liver-lung interface
VBDM | LS (%) | Blurring FWHM (mm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 10 | 20 | ||
MC | 1 | (−∞, ∞ ) | (−∞,−4) U (31,∞) | (−∞,−12) U (39, ∞) |
10 | (−∞, ∞ ) | (−∞, −3) U (−2, −1) U (17, ∞) | (−∞ ,−11) U (−2,−1) U (26, ∞) | |
20 | (−∞, ∞ ) | (−∞, 0) U (11, ∞) | (−∞, −10) U (−2,−1) U (21,∞ ) | |
LD | 1 | (−∞, −4) U (−2,−1) U (26, ∞) | (−∞,−4) U (−2,−1) U (7, 8) U(26, ∞) | (−∞,−11) U (−2,−1) U (24, ∞) |
10 | (−∞, 0) U (11,∞) | (−∞, −5) U (−2,−1) U (7, ∞) | (−∞,−11) U (−2,−1) U (19, ∞) | |
20 | (−∞, ∞) | (−∞ ,−5) U (−2,−1) U (8,∞) | (∞,−9) U (−2,−1) U (16, ∞ ) | |
SKD | 1 | (−∞,−2) U (4,5) U (23,∞) | (−∞,−6) U (−2,−1) U (10,11) U (23, ∞) | (−∞, −11) U (−2,−1) U (29,∞) |
10 | (−∞, −1) U (6, ∞) | (−∞,−6) U(−2,−1) U(11,∞) | (−∞,−11) U (−2,−1) U (23,∞) | |
20 | (−∞, −1) U (7,∞) | (−∞, −6) U (−2,−1) U (11, ∞) | (−∞,−10) U (−2,−1) U (21, ∞) | |
SK | 1 | (−∞, −2) | (−∞, −6) | (−∞, −11) U (−0.5, 2) U (9, 13) |
10 | (−∞, −2) | (−∞, −6) | (−∞, −11) | |
20 | (−∞, −2) | (−∞, −6) | (−∞, −10) | |