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Table 8 Image quality parameters for four different algorithms

From: A NIM PET/CT phantom for evaluating the PET image quality of micro-lesions and the performance parameters of CT

Sphere size (mm)

Contrast (%)

Background variability (%)

OESM-PSF-TOF

OSEM-TOF

OSEM-PSF

OSEM

OESM-PSF-TOF

OSEM-TOF

OSEM-PSF

OSEM

37

87.87

88.06

75.25

75.86

2.35

3.14

3.35

3.81

28

79.99

79.88

66.51

66.52

2.99

3.61

3.83

4.24

22

81.16

78.31

74.8

69.14

3.53

3.99

4.48

4.82

17

79.17

69.63

69.53

62.48

4.12

4.63

5.29

5.6

13

76.44

64.12

59.66

56.38

5.13

5.69

6.11

6.42

10

53.81

52.27

30.3

31.41

6.03

6.89

6.89

7.33

7

5.61

4.32

7.02

8.28

4

  1. Numerical results in bold represent the largest increase for image contrast occurred in 10mm sphere