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A Partial Volume Effect Correction Tailored for 18F-FDG-PET Oncological Studies

Table 5

Six spheres, one representative measurement: % difference between GS radioactivity concentration and measured radioactivity concentration and the derived .

d (mm) (MBq × mL−1) (MBq mL−1)% diff

100.078449 ± 0.006660.02331 ± 0.003770.3 ± 12.72.0 ± 0.4
130.07363 ± 0.005550.03774 ± 0.007442.5 ± 6.43.3 ± 0.5
170.06475 ± 0.002220.03959 ± 0.003739.0 ± 4.93.5 ± 0.4
230.06438 ± 0.001850.04033 ± 0.007437.4 ± 5.83.5 ± 0.6
290.5550 ± 0.001110.03330 ± 0.003740.0 ± 6.02.9 ± 0.4
370.5550 ± 0.000370.037774 ± 0.003731.9 ± 3.83.3 ± 0.4