Advanced quantitative evaluation of PET systems using the ACR phantom and NiftyPET software.

Pawel J MarkiewiczCasper da Costa-LuisJ DicksonA BarnesG KrokosJ MacKewnT ClarkC WimberleyG MacNaughtM M YaqubJ D GispertB F HuttonP MarsdenA HammersA J ReaderS OurselinK HerholzJ C MatthewsF Barkhof

Published in: Medical physics (2022)

We demonstrated that phantom imaging using the proposed methodology with the metric of spatial resolution and multiple bootstrap realizations may be helpful in more accurate evaluation of PET systems as well as in facilitating fine tuning for optimal imaging parameters in PET/MR and PET/CT clinical research studies.

Keyphrases

pet ct
high resolution
positron emission tomography
computed tomography
image quality
magnetic resonance
mass spectrometry
magnetic resonance imaging
single molecule
monte carlo
data analysis