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Table 3 Clinical TAP (TAPclinic), COV values obtained for clinical TAP values, characteristic of tested 18F-FDG PET procedures, and TAP computed for a 15% COV level (TAPCOV-15). Reconstruction protocol setups used in the clinic are labeled with (c)

From: Phantom-based image quality assessment of clinical 18F-FDG protocols in digital PET/CT and comparison to conventional PMT-based PET/CT

PET device/recon. procedure

TAPclinic (min × MBq/kg)

COV (%) at clinical TAP

TAPCOV-15 (min × MBq/kg)

Discovery MI M256 FWHM = 6.4 mm (c)

3.75

8.6

1.4

Discovery MI M256 FWHM = 0 mm

3.75

15.2

3.9

Discovery Q.Clear (Q = 400) M256 (c)

3.75

11.4

2.4

Vereos M144 FWHM = 0 mm (c)

3

13.2

2.4

Vereos M288 FWHM = 0 mm (c)

3

19

4.5

Vision M440 FWHM = 0 mm (c)

4

14.1

3.5

Discovery 690 M256 FWHM = 5 mm (c)

5.25

12.2

3.7

Discovery 690 M256 FWHM = 0 mm

5.25

22

13.2

mCT M512 FWHM = 3 mm (c)

12.5

11.5

6.7

mCT M512 FWHM = 0 mm

12.5

14.4

11.2