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Table 2 Comparison of RCs (%) of all spheres among three different correction combinations

From: Impacts of acquisition and reconstruction parameters on the absolute technetium quantification of the cadmium–zinc–telluride-based SPECT/CT system: a phantom study

 

Correction combination

37 mm

28 mm

22 mm

17 mm

13 mm

10 mm

P value

32:1

AC + SC + RR

106.70

94.94

73.44

71.06

74.39

67.80

 
 

AC + RR

120.23

107.38

82.77

78.93

80.52

75.68

 < 0.001a

 

AC + SC

67.96

53.86

41.65

34.67

29.91

31.02

 < 0.001b

16:1

AC + SC + RR

106.57

97.53

75.37

76.64

63.44

75.91

 
 

AC + RR

122.00

109.81

84.78

87.25

72.80

81.33

 < 0.001a

 

AC + SC

71.98

59.22

43.23

41.91

30.89

32.54

 < 0.001b

8:1

AC + SC + RR

103.58

96.65

73.31

70.98

73.14

54.67

 
 

AC + RR

120.84

112.18

88.17

84.09

81.65

62.93

 < 0.001a

 

AC + SC

71.91

60.81

45.30

41.41

38.88

28.21

 < 0.001b

4:1

AC + SC + RR

102.89

96.64

75.93

74.79

53.82

67.59

 
 

AC + RR

123.41

115.88

92.70

88.94

66.64

75.21

 < 0.001a

 

AC + SC

73.86

62.46

51.10

44.19

34.34

39.69

 < 0.001b

  1. Reconstruction parameters: 35 iterations, 20 subsets, no filter; Acquisition parameters: 120 s/frame of acquisition time, 15% main energy window; AC, attenuation correction; SC, scatter correction; RR, resolution recovery correction; a, AC + SC + RR vs. AC + RR; b, AC + SC + RR vs. AC + SC