TABLE 1

Spatial Resolution

Filtered backprojectionNon-TOF OSEM − PSF
StanfordUppsalaStanfordUppsala
Resolution directionFWHMFWTMFWHMFWTMFWHMFWTMFWHMFWTM
1-cm radial offset
 Radial4.179.144.028.523.777.833.677.74
 Tangential4.409.173.978.194.007.953.747.93
 Axial4.5710.384.3910.124.009.803.939.71
10-cm radial offset
 Radial5.6510.365.289.954.769.084.689.11
 Tangential4.749.684.238.834.018.043.827.86
 Axial6.3912.345.6311.805.288.754.309.34
20-cm radial offset
 Radial7.5213.887.5413.387.3612.997.4413.27
 Tangential5.1310.144.679.044.629.034.318.46
 Axial6.5013.015.7012.574.099.714.019.75
  • FWHM and FWTM (full width at tenth maximum) are in millimeters.