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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2017 Jan;36(1):1–16. doi: 10.1109/TMI.2016.2564989

TABLE III.

Quantitative analysis of the numerical brain simulations: PET signal activity levels (Bq/cm3) ± standard deviation. For each combination of PET duration and MR contrast, the reconstruction result closest to the ground truth is depicted bold faced.

(a) 10min PET dataset
CSF GM WM Caudate Insula GBM lesion
Ground truth 0±0 22990±0 8450±0 22990±0 22990±0 25799±0

EM 6358±5048 18812±4977 10648±3366 20620±5057 18704±3817 22288±3776
TGV Sep 5838±5932 18993±4096 10719±3383 20718±4159 18605±3932 26472±2285

Joint MPRAGE
Bowsher 4489±4585 20292±3590 9804±2721 21959±1809 19794±3031 16307±629
TGV Frob 4746±5313 19709±3295 10375±2887 21422±2374 19239±3294 24602±2089
TGV Nuc 4089±4881 20056±3119 10228±2773 21553±2509 19506±3066 25932±2920

Joint T2
Bowsher 5244±4869 19748±4360 10107±2984 21234±3922 19096±3858 16370±532
TGV Frob 4215±5301 19643±3143 10624±2941 21210±2503 19250±3144 24476±2008
TGV Nuc 3469±4591 20066±3018 10420±2901 21397±2606 19646±2860 25980±2616

Joint FLAIR
Bowsher 5215±5159 19101±3139 10817±2994 20358±2012 18981±2789 16678±928
TGV Frob 3702±5369 19711±3294 10719±3120 21206±2822 19322±3265 24762±2284
TGV Nuc 2910±4481 20081±3114 10605±3129 21324±2889 19678±2984 25907±2838
(b) 5min PET dataset
CSF GM WM Caudate Insula GBM lesion
Ground truth 0±0 22990±0 8450±0 22990±0 22990±0 25799±0

EM 6819±5078 18483±4861 10817±3461 19713±4681 18175±3898 23291±4090
TGV Sep 6214±5958 18743±4142 10850±3522 20114±3794 18403±3637 23550±4061

Joint MPRAGE
Bowsher 4872±4845 20026±3708 9950±2969 21654±2189 19461±3068 16154±693
TGV Frob 5169±5488 19409±3337 10553±3022 20901±2419 18937±3043 21693±2233
TGV Nuc 4488±5088 19780±3258 10388±2987 21006±2756 19275±2942 23052±3721

Joint T2
Bowsher 5628±5047 19464±4421 10266±3185 20823±3934 18864±3636 16189±591
TGV Frob 4630±5494 19334±3163 10817±3050 20767±2518 18980±2855 21314±2135
TGV Nuc 3836±4844 19803±3139 10575±3086 20939±2727 19384±2770 23066±3715

Joint FLAIR
Bowsher 5429±5236 19015±3204 10827±3032 20244±2183 18841±2679 16360±1020
TGV Frob 4034±5590 19431±3323 10897±3215 20751±2779 19005±3010 21996±2393
TGV Nuc 3188±4706 19854±3215 10746±3286 20847±2900 19360±2867 23169±3678