TABLE 1

Quantification Accuracy and Accumulated Errors for Sphere Phantom

True sphere volume (mL)VVOI (mL)CEĉA (kBq/mL)Mean difference (ĉA vs. cA) (%)SE of difference (%)
1615.97 (0.1%)0.80 (0.1%)708.3 (6.5%)−2.88.0
88.02 (0.1%)0.74 (0.1%)749.4 (6.5%)+2.88.5
43.94 (0.6%)0.71 (0.2%)684.0 (6.6%)−6.27.7
22.08 (1.0%)0.61 (0.6%)685.3 (6.8%)−6.07.9
10.98 (0.8%)0.42 (0.8%)679.7 (6.7%)−6.87.8
0.50.52 (1.6%)0.29 (1.4%)708.8 (7.1%)−2.88.4
  • Values in parentheses are percentages of accumulated relative SEs due to measurement instrumentation. True activity concentration cA is 729.0 (relative SE, 5.0%), and calculated system volume sensitivity SVol is 10.3 (relative SE, 6.5%).