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Table 1 Relative percentage difference for non-corrected and corrected images of hardware to nonattenuation-corrected and attenuation-corrected image of blank scan. In vivo data from TX-based AC and CT

From: Improved PET/MRI accuracy by use of static transmission source in empirically derived hardware attenuation correction

 

NAC

TX-based AC

CT-based AC

TX-to-CT

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Acrylic cylinder

2.2 ± 1.1

0.4 ± 1.4

− 1.9 ± 0.8

Posterior array

1.6 ± 0.6

0.5 ± 1.5

0.7 ± 0.5

Patient table (S2–S3)

8.7 ± 1.2

− 0.7 ± 1.4

− 4.3 ± 1.3

In vivo

4.1 ± 0.9