TABLE 3

Reconstruction Parameters for Each Camera

ParameterAdvanceHR+HR961C-PETIRIXMCDAXIS
Prj. matrix283×35×336288×63×144196×47×336128×64×96×7 tilts128×83×90128×96×96128×83×90
AlgorithmOSEMOSEMOSEMFORE > RAMLAOSEMOSEMOSEM
Recon.2 iterations2 iterations6 iterations1 iteration4 iterations2 iterations4 iterations
Parameters28 subsets8 subsets16 subsetsλ = 0.115 subsets8 subsets15 subsets
Randoms correctionDelaysDelaysDelaysBackground subtractionNoBackground subtractionNo
Attenuation correctionSegmentedSegmentedSegmentedSegmentedYesSegmentedNo
Scatter correctionDeconvolutionDeconvolutionDeconvolutionBackground subtractionNoBackground subtractionNo
Postfilter8-mm gaussian8-mm gaussian8-mm gaussianNone6-mm gaussianWeiner 0.67Butterworth 10, 0.30/cm
Voxel width (mm)4.305.14.534.04.674.04.67
Slice thickness (mm)4.255.13.134.04.674.04.67
  • Prj. = projection; OSEM = ordered-subsets expectation maximization; FORE = Fourier rebinning; RAMLA = row action maximum likelihood algorithm; Recon. = reconstruction.