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Table 2 Measured count rates and scatter fraction for the mCT Flow system (NEMA NU2-2012) and comparison with the published values (NEMA NU2-2007) of the mCT system [6]

From: Performance evaluation of the Biograph mCT Flow PET/CT system according to the NEMA NU2-2012 standard

Parameter

Measured (mCT Flow)

Published (mCT) [6]

Peak true rate

634 kcps at 42.4 kBq/ml

Peak NECR

185 kcps at 29.0 kBq/ml

(180 ± 8) kcps at (28.3 ± 0.6) kBq/ml

Scatter fraction at low counting rates

33.5 % at 0.5 kBq/ml

33.2 ± 0.7 %

Scatter fraction at Peak NECR

33.4 % at 29 kBq/ml