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Table 5 Comparison of NECR and scatter fraction (SF) of different preclinical PET scanners. Data are taken from [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]

From: NEMA characterization of the SAFIR prototype PET insert

System

Mouse phantom

Rat phantom

NECR peak (kcps)

Activity (MBq)\(^{b}\)

SF (%)

NECR peak (kcps)

Activity (MBq)

SF (%)

SAFIRa

799

537

10.9

121

624

17.8

Hyperion IID

407

46

13

NanoScan

406

30

17.3

119

25

34

MuPET

1100

57

11.9

352

65

28.0

Inveon

1670

131

7.8

592

110

17.2

IRIS

185

14

15.6

40

10

22.4

ClearPET

73

18

31

Mosaic HP

555

92

5.4

244

87

12.7

LabPET 8TM

279

82

15.6

94

91

29.5

microPET R4

168

91

18

89

81

28

Xtrim-PET

113.2

17

12.5

82.8

15

25.8

Bruker

486

23

240

23

  1. aFor SAFIR, the highest NECR values at the highest measured activities are reported as the NECR peaks are not reached
  2. bActivity at which the NECR peak is measured