Phantom Validation of a Conservation of Activity-Based Partial Volume Correction Method for Arterial Input Function

Brandon Driscoll1, Tina Shek1, Douglass Vines2,3

  • 1Quantitative Imaging for Personalized Cancer Medicine (QIPCM)-Techna Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.

Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
|March 22, 2022
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Summary

We developed equations to correct partial volume effects (PVE) in dynamic PET (dPET) input functions. This method improves accuracy for kinetic modeling, bringing research-level dPET closer to clinical application.

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