Comparison of Imaging Characteristics of 124I PET for Determination of Optimal Energy Window on the Siemens Inveon PET
Table 3
Recovery coefficients and %SD values for 5 different rods.
Rod diameter (mm)
2
3
4
5
RC†
%SD‡
RC
%SD
RC
%SD
RC
%SD
FBP
350~550
0.23
32.90
0.36
44.09
0.53
50.20
0.64
65.26
350~600
0.24
29.89
0.39
40.54
0.50
46.35
0.62
63.38
350~625
0.27
33.43
0.40
45.78
0.52
47.42
0.62
62.90
350~650
0.27
31.06
0.38
42.24
0.49
46.74
0.63
62.11
350~675
0.22
27.41
0.38
42.26
0.60
45.78
0.60
61.49
350~700
0.25
28.95
0.40
41.27
0.57
46.76
0.67
61.51
350~725
0.26
30.60
0.37
40.65
0.52
47.11
0.65
62.01
350~750
0.27
31.20
0.41
44.30
0.54
46.57
0.67
61.64
350~775
0.24
29.34
0.41
41.95
0.57
47.07
0.65
62.14
350~800
0.23
25.71
0.41
41.56
0.55
46.94
0.68
62.98
400~590
0.24
32.66
0.37
43.36
0.49
49.37
0.66
66.94
For 124I PET, RC could not be calculated for a 1 mm rod size, because this rod was not discernible by 124I PET. RC: recovery coefficient. %SD: percent standard deviation.