Table 3.
Range of volume over/under-estimation as a function of motion amplitude for the three scan modes.
| Target Diameter (mm) | S-I Motion Amplitude ± (mm) | Single-slice Fast | Multi-slice Fast | Single-slice Slow | |||||||||
| Min | Mean | 1σ | Max | Min | Mean | 1σ | Max | Min | Mean | 1σ | Max | ||
| 5 | 0.99 | 2.52 | 1.02 | 3.78 | 1.66 | 2.85 | 0.70 | 3.74 | 3.88 | 4.57 | 0.62 | 5.60 | |
| 10 | 2.35 | 2.68 | 0.21 | 2.92 | 3.07 | 3.61 | 0.37 | 4.2 | 5.71 | 6.84 | 0.99 | 8.42 | |
| 10 | 15 | 2.27 | 3.38 | 1.07 | 4.98 | 4.11 | 4.65 | 0.39 | 5.21 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 0.60 | 11.7 |
| 5 | 1.22 | 1.35 | 0.08 | 1.44 | 1.54 | 1.56 | 0.03 | 1.62 | 1.52 | 1.60 | 0.06 | 1.67 | |
| 10 | 1.39 | 1.45 | 0.03 | 1.50 | 1.7 | 1.79 | 0.05 | 1.87 | 1.78 | 1.89 | 0.07 | 1.97 | |
| 31.5 | 15 | 1.50 | 1.57 | 0.05 | 1.64 | 2.02 | 2.08 | 0.05 | 2.15 | 2.09 | 2.26 | 0.11 | 2.41 |
Each target motion in the S-I direction was synchronized with a fixed rotational motion to initiate an R-L and an A-P displacement of ± 2 and ± 5 mm, respectively.