Comparison of Super Resolution Reconstruction Acquisition Geometries for Use in Mouse Phenotyping

Table 1

Quantitative measures of image quality calculated from images of biological phantom.

AR	Int^b	Shifted	Rotated	Orthogonal
SNR
1 : 1 : 1^a	26.8
1 : 1 : 4	20.0	21.6	23.3	25.4
1 : 1 : 6	22.2	25.0	27.1	28.4
1 : 1 : 8				35.2
1 : 1 : 10				41.5
CNR
1 : 1 : 1^a	5.6
1 : 1 : 4	5.1	5.3	6.0	6.9
1 : 1 : 6	5.8	6.8	7.2	8.0
1 : 1 : 8				7.9
1 : 1 : 10				7.9
Mean edge width (in HR pixels)
1 : 1 : 1^a	2.4
1 : 1 : 4	5.9	4.2	3.7	3.2
1 : 1 : 6	6.1	4.1	3.8	3.5
1 : 1 : 8				3.9
1 : 1 : 10				4.4
Acquisition time (mins)
1 : 1 : 1^a	18.5
1 : 1 : 4	3	12	18	9
1 : 1 : 6	3	18	18	9
1 : 1 : 8				9
1 : 1 : 10				9

aIsotropically acquired 3D image.
^bRefers to linear interpolation from one LR image stack.