Research Article

Attenuation Correction for Small Animal PET Images: A Comparison of Two Methods

Table 7

Average values of counts measured in an ROI inside the kidney from a 68Ga-chloride rat PET image. The RV computed from both AC methods is shown in the last column of the table.

ā€‰Roi counts (cps)RV (%)

Original PET image245.45ā€”
CT-AC image459.1446.5%
SE-AC image427.3739.6%