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

Table 6

Validation phantoms: % residual errors after PVE correction.

Phantom	d (mm)	𝐶GS-sphere (MBq × mL^−1)	𝐶60% (MBq × mL^−1)	% res	𝐿/𝐵𝑚
Thorax	9.8	0.8214	0.5883±0.1036	24±5.0	17.8
	12.3	0.3626	0.3293±0.0333	9.8±1.0	8.9
	12.3	0.6993	0.666±0.0629	4.9±0.5	16.8
	15.6	0.9065	0.8473±0.0481	6.7±0.4	30
	15.6	0.46028	0.45917±0.06845	0.3±0.04	9.2
Breast	9.8	0.0962	0.0777±0.0074	16.6±2.4	4.9
	12.3	0.1184	0.1073±0.0148	9.3±1.4	13.3
	15.6	0.2479	0.2590±0.0148	−4.5±0.3	8.3
	15.6	0.4884	0.4662±0.0592	4.7±0.8	20.3
	13.3*	0.0048*	0.0056±0.00001^∗	−16.6±2.9^∗	3.1*
	10.3**	0.0100**	0.0070±0.00001^∗∗	30.0±5.1^∗∗	2.8**
	9.9**	0.0128**	0.0049±0.00007^∗∗	62.7±11.1^∗∗	2.4**
Brain	9.8	0.5402	0.4070±0.0666	24±4.1	8.8
	12.3	0.4555	0.4033±0.1184	11.4±3.3	12.8
	12.3	0.4144	0.3663±0.0703	11.2±2.2	11.9
	15.6	0.3737	0.3552±0.037	4.8±0.5	14.2

∗Represents zeolites with uniform uptake; ∗∗represents zeolites with nonuniform uptake.