SNR Values for Cold and Hot Lesions in Simulated Hoffman Brain Phantom
| Acquisition type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesion* | HCB + HCB + FB | 3 HCB, CH | 3 FB, CO | 3 PB, CO |
| Cold 1 | −2.55 ± 0.06 | −2.41 ± 0.05 | −2.17 ± 0.05 | −1.43 ± 0.04 |
| Hot 1 | 1.39 ± 0.04 | 1.30 ± 0.04 | 1.26 ± 0.04 | 0.86 ± 0.05 |
| Cold 2 | −2.10 ± 0.04 | −1.99 ± 0.04 | −1.77 ± 0.04 | −1.13 ± 0.05 |
| Hot 2 | 1.45 ± 0.05 | 1.57 ± 0.05 | 1.29 ± 0.05 | 0.90 ± 0.05 |
| Cold 3 | −2.64 ± 0.06 | −2.75 ± 0.06 | −2.33 ± 0.05 | −1.45 ± 0.04 |
| Hot 3 | 3.68 ± 0.07 | 3.61 ± 0.05 | 3.17 ± 0.07 | 2.27 ± 0.05 |
↵* Numbered in caudal-to-cranial order (Fig. 2 shows lesion location).
FB = fanbeam.