TABLE 3

Contrast Recovery and Background Variability

TOF OSEM − PSFQ.Clear
Sphere diameter (mm)CR (%)BV (%)CR (%)BV (%)
Stanford
 1051.7 ± 2.310.2 ± 1.367.2 ± 5.17.9 ± 0.7
 1361.5 ± 6.27.8 ± 0.772.5 ± 4.46.2 ± 0.4
 1766.2 ± 2.06.0 ± 0.274.4 ± 0.84.8 ± 0.1
 2281.3 ± 2.14.8 ± 0.287.7 ± 0.83.8 ± 0.4
 2886.6 ± 1.83.8 ± 0.191.1 ± 0.62.9 ± 0.3
 3790.0 ± 1.43.0 ± 0.294.0 ± 0.52.4 ± 0.3
Uppsala
 1055.6 ± 1.510.6 ± 0.172.9 ± 2.78.5 ± 1.0
 1366.5 ± 2.68.1 ± 0.380.2 ± 2.96.3 ± 0.4
 1780.1 ± 3.85.8 ± 0.387.1 ± 2.64.7 ± 0.1
 2284.1 ± 2.64.3 ± 0.590.8 ± 1.33.7 ± 0.3
 2886.9 ± 1.93.7 ± 0.491.8 ± 0.83.0 ± 0.4
 3791.4 ± 0.42.9 ± 0.394.5 ± 0.32.5 ± 0.3
  • CR = contrast recovery; BV = background variability.