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MDAPET Camera Performance

Transaxial Resolution vs. Axial Resolution

Brain/Breast Mode

32 cm FOV

Whole-Body Mode

55 cm FOV

 

Transaxial Resolution
TangentialCenter
5 cm
10 cm
2.8 A 0.1 mm
3.0 A 0.1 mm
3.6 A 0.1 mm
2.9 A 0.1 mm
2.9 A 0.1 mm
3.2 A 0.1 mm
RadialCenter
5 cm
10 cm
2.9 A 0.1 mm
3.2 A 0.1 mm
4.4 A 0.1 mm
2.9 A 0.1 mm
3.4 A 0.1 mm
4.0 A 0.1 mm
Axial Resolution
 Center
5 cm
10 cm
2.8 - 4.1 mm
3.0 - 4.1 mm
3.1 - 4.0 mm
2.7 - 4.1 mm
2.5 - 4.4 mm
3.2 - 4.4 mm
Scatter Fraction29.7%18.8%
Sensitivity82.3 Kcps/m Ci/ml16.3 Kcps/m Ci/ml
Noise Equivalent Sensitivity (NES)40.7 Kcps/m Ci/ml40.7 Kcps/m Ci/ml

Axial Resolution

Axial resolution measurement showing the Point Spread Function (PSF) for seven of the 14 same-ring coincidence distributions acquired

Camera Sensitivity (Brain/Breast Mode vs. Whole-Body Mode)

Data acquired with a 21.5 cm uniform cylindrical phantom

Single Module Dead Time

Count rate of fully processed single-hit events (triangle markers), compared to triggers rate (square markers) from the same detector module. Straight lines are linear extrapolations from values at lower activity density. Camera set up in brain/breast configuration.

Noise Equivalent Sensitivity

Noise Equivalent Sensitivity (NES) measured in brain/breast mode and whole-body mode.


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