Research Article

Artificial Neural Network-Statistical Approach for PET Volume Analysis and Classification

Table 6

SNR and CP for tumours 1, 2 and 3 in the simulated phantom data set with nonisotropic voxels.

CN Tumour 1 Tumour 2 Tumour 3
SNR CP SNR CP SNR CP

1 4.016184 0.407899 4.013160 0.402693 4.012848 0.396036
2 2.504101 0.239490 2.110565 0.190559 1.962133 0.176196
3 2.814225 0.205216 2.846712 0.222405 2.965170 0.237096
4 2.671825 0.123275 2.557056 0.158497 2.515199 0.161232
5 2.488246 0.024121 2.286361 0.025846 2.224181 0.029441