TABLE 1

FWHMs, Mean Pixel Counts, and COVs for Reconstruction of Unfiltered Projections of Line or Uniform Cylinder Phantoms with Various Nuclear Medicine Workstations

FBP
FWHM (mm)Mean pixel countsMean pixel counts with OSEM (1 subset, 32 iterations)
WorkstationCentralRadialTangentialCOVs (%)
GE Healthcare Vision9.579.519.312,958.427.610,462.3
GE Healthcare Xeleris10.2810.119.74375.027.9375.6* and 376.1
Philips Jetstream10.2510.089.63377.926.8375.9 and 378.5§
Segami Mirage10.2110.079.64375.527.019,102.3
Siemens eSoft10.2410.109.64375.826.6NA
Siemens Icon10.2810.139.61375.326.9NA
Sopha Medical Vision XT10.2510.039.701,067.331.7NA
  • * OSEM-Genie.

  • OSEM-SMV.

  • MLEM-2D.

  • § OSEM-3D.

  • NA = not available.