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Table 4 SPECT reconstructed spatial resolution without scatter

From: NEMA NU 1-2018 performance characterization and Monte Carlo model validation of the Cubresa Spark SiPM-based preclinical SPECT scanner

Reporting parameter

Measurement

Simulation

Collimator

MPH

SPH

SPH

SPH

SPH

Reconstruction algorithm

MLEM

MLEM

FBP

MLEM

FBP

Central transaxial FWHM (x, y) (mm)

\(1.29\pm 0.04\)

\(1.45\pm 0.01\)

\(2.26\pm 0.01\)

\(1.50\pm 0.01\)

\(2.26\pm 0.01\)

Central axial FWHM (z) (mm)

\(1.56\pm 0.01\)

\(1.58\pm 0.01\)

\(2.45\pm 0.01\)

\(1.31\pm 0.01\)

\(2.26\pm 0.01\)

Peripheral radial FWHM (x) (mm)

\(1.13\pm 0.08\)

\(1.25\pm 0.06\)

\(2.03\pm 0.10\)

\(1.30\pm 0.09\)

\(2.11\pm 0.25\)

Peripheral tangential FWHM (y) (mm)

\(0.91\pm 0.05\)

\(1.23\pm 0.11\)

\(1.94\pm 0.14\)

\(1.26\pm 0.13\)

\(1.93\pm 0.10\)

Peripheral axial FWHM (z) (mm)

\(1.24\pm 0.04\)

\(1.45\pm 0.16\)

\(2.70\pm 0.04\)

\(1.12\pm 0.06\)

\(2.48\pm 0.05\)

Average 3D FWHM (mm)

\(1.19\pm 0.20\)

\(1.37\pm 0.15\)

\(2.26\pm 0.30\)

\(1.30\pm 0.15\)

\(2.20\pm 0.23\)