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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2007 May 29;52(13):3753–3772. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/007

Table 3.

Photon sensitivities of clinical whole-body PET systems with different transaxial FOVs based on NUMA NU 2-2001 standard.

Clinical whole-body PET systems (fixed 16 cm axial FOV) Photon sensitivity (cps kBq–1)
Rectangular, 63 × 63 cm2 12
Rectangular, 53 × 53 cm2 14
Rectangular, 41 × 41 cm2 18
Cylindrical, 83 cm system diameter (useful trans. FOV = ~55 cm) 9