Table 1 Technical characteristics of the preclinical PET/CT systems involved in the evaluation [15,16,17]
From: Evaluation of image quality with four positron emitters and three preclinical PET/CT systems
System | Detector crystal | Detector size (mm) | Detector rings (N) | Ring diameter (cm) | Transaxial FOV (mm) | Axial FOV (mm) | Energy resolution (%) | Timing resolution (ns) | NEMA resolution (mm) | NEMA sensitivity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RAYCAN | LYSO | 1.89 × 1.89 × 13 | 26 | 19.2 | 130 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
Inveon | LSO | 1.51 × 1.51 × 10 | 80 | 16.1 | 100 | 127 | 15 | 3.43 | 1.8 | 9.3 |
Molecubes | LYSO | 25.4 × 25.4 × 8* | 5 | 7.6 | 72 | 130 | 12 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 12.4 |