Table 6 Spatial resolution (center axial FOV).

From: NEMA Performance Evaluation of CareMiBrain dedicated brain PET and Comparison with the whole-body and dedicated brain PET systems

PET Name

Algorithm

Isotope

10 mm

100 mm

FWHM

FWTM

FWHM

FWTM

radial

tang.

axial

radial

tang.

axial

radial

tang.

axial

radial

tang.

axial

Celestion

SSRB + FBP

18F

4.5

4.7

4.4

<5.0

<5.1

<5.1

4.6

4.8

4.6

<5.4

<5.2

<5.1

Biograph mCT flow

FORE + FBP

18F

4.33

4.33

4.25

8.60

8.60

8.55

5.16

4.72

5.85

9.30

9.68

11.06

Biograph mCT

FORE + FBP

18F

5.0

5.0

6.4

10.8

10.8

11.8

4.9

4.9

5.7

9.3

9.3

10.7

Biograph mMR

FORE + FBP

18F

4.0

4.0

4.1

8.0

8.0

8.2

4.4

4.4

4.4

8.3

8.3

8.8

Vereos

3DFRP

18F

3.99

3.99

3.99

8.29

Ingenuity TF

3DFRP

18F

4.84

4.84

4.73

9.79

9.79

9.67

5.25

5.01

5.23

10.55

10.08

10.48

Ingenuity PET/MR

3DFRP

18F

4.7

4.7

4.6

9.4

9.4

9.5

5.0

5.3

5.0

9.9

10.5

9.7

Geminity

 

18F

5.06

4.84

4.73

9.7

9.7

9.6

5.03

4.89

5.2

10.3

10.2

9.6

SIGNA PET/MR

FBP

18F

4.4

4.10

5.34

5.78

4.44

6.74

Discovery MI

FBP

18F

4.02

3.97

4.39

8.52

8.19

10.12

5.28

4.23

5.63

9.95

8.83

11.80

Discovery IQ

OSEM (VPHD)

18F

4.2

4.7

4.8

9.5

9.8

11.2

5.6

5.1

4.8

11.4

10.2

11.1

Dedicated PETs

CareMiBrain

SSRB + 2DFBP

22Na

1.72

1.66

1.71

3.13

3.02

3.11

2.65

2.20

1.74

5.90

6.90

4.80

CareMiBrain

SSRB + 2DFBP

18F

2.34

1.93

1.94

4.27

5.20

2.51

4.26

3.51

3.54

7.80

9.40

4.57

BrainPET-4layer MPPC

2DFBP

22Na

1.8–2.1

1.8–2.1

1.8–2.1

1.8–2.1

1.8–2.1

1.8–2.1

NeuroPET

FBP

22Na

3.2

3.2

3.5

6.0

6.0

6.8

5.2

3.1

4.0

6.8

4.8

6.2

Human Brain Insert

OP-3DOSEM

18F

1.8

2.9

2.7

5.8

7.0

11.0

3.6

6.0

4.4

5.7

11.5

9.5

G-PET

3D-FRP

 

4.2

4.2

5.2

10.0

10.0

8.2

5.0

5.0

6.0

12.2

12.2

10.2

ECAT HRRT

2D FBP

18F

2.6

2.7

3.0

3.0

3.1

5.1

jPET-D4

SSRB + 2DFBP

18F

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.7

3.5

3.1

GAPD-PET

 

22Na

3.0

3.0

4.6

3.3

PET-HAT

SSRB + 2DFBP

22Na

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.2

MB-PET

MLEM

22Na

1.02

1.21

1.27

1.28

1.41

2.05