TABLE 3.

99mTc Percentage Bias in 12 Normal and 12 Pathologic Simulated Studies for Several Brain Structures After Scatter, Cross-Talk, DCR, and Attenuation Corrections

Simulated studyCerebellumCorpus callosumFrontal cortexParietal cortexOccipital cortexCaudate nucleusPutamen
Normal
 AW + OSEM20.3 ± 5.259.9 ± 8.821.6 ± 4.018.1 ± 4.521.3 ± 3.939.5 ± 10.335.6 ± 8.3
 ANN + OSEM1.4 ± 2.2−6.2 ± 1.5−6.5 ± 1.2−9.7 ± 1.3−11.4 ± 1.6−4.3 ± 1.8−5.0 ± 2.8
 Primary + OSEM−1.0 ± 0.83.1 ± 0.7−2.9 ± 0.6−5.5 ± 0.8−7.3 ± 0.90.8 ± 0.9−3.5 ± 0.8
Pathologic
 AW + OSEM24.7 ± 5.554.4 ± 9.553.1 ± 8.055.7 ± 7.418.2 ± 4.238.2 ± 11.234.5 ± 9.0
 ANN + OSEM1.7 ± 0.9−5.1 ± 0.85.9 ± 1.68.6 ± 1.6−10.1 ± 1.4−2.1 ± 1.2−5.3 ± 1.1
 Primary + OSEM−1.0 ± 1.0−3.8 ± 1.12.2 ± 0.77.1 ± 0.5−8.4 ± 0.6−2.4 ± 0.6−3.8 ± 0.3