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Table 2.

PET/CT imaging parameters used in the two scanners

PET/CT scanner parameters
Scanner	Philips Gemini TF	Siemens Biograph mCT
Reconstruction method	BLOB-OS-TOF, 3 iterations, 33 subsets	OSEM 3D, 3 iterations, 24 subsets
PET corrections	Normalization, dead time, decay, delayed randoms, CT-based attenuation, scatter SS-SIMUL	Normalization, dead time, decay, delayed randoms, CT-based attenuation, model-based scatter
Post reconstruction filter	None	None
Image specs	Voxel size 4.00 × 4.00 × 4.00 mm	Voxel size 4.07 × 4.07 × 4.00 mm
kVp	120 kV	120 kV
Exposure	60 mAs	60 mAs
Current	168 mA	115 mA