Table 2.

Comparison of thickness accuracy for the 3 mm thick spheres. using Yezzi’s approach: (i) without taking into account the PVC (only pure tissue voxels), (ii) taking into account only the voxels whose PVC > 50% and (iii) with our approach using the PVC.

Resolution	NO PVC map Mean ± SD	PVC>50% Mean ± SD	With PVC map Mean ± SD
0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5	2.86 ± 0.08	2.86 ± 0.09	3.01 ± 0.01
0.5 × 0.5 × 1	2.80 ± 0.16	2.81 ± 0.17	3.02 ± 0.02
1 × 1 × 1	2.72 ± 0.17	2.74 ± 0.16	3.04 ± 0.02
1 × 1 × 1.5	2.68 ± 0.24	2.70 ± 0.24	3.05 ± 0.08