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Table 2 Quantitative image quality parameters (\(\:{\text{I}\text{U}\text{I}}_{\text{L}\text{i}\text{v}\text{e}\text{r}}\) and \(\:{\text{S}\text{N}\text{R}}_{\text{L}\text{i}\text{v}\text{e}\text{r}}\)) comparing OSEM and DPL reconstructions across all BMI categories

From: Enhancing 18F-FDG PET image quality and lesion diagnostic performance across different body mass index using the deep progressive learning reconstruction algorithm

Quantitative parameters

Underweight

Normal

Overweight

OSEM

DPL

OSEM

DPL

OSEM

DPL

\(\:{\mathbf{I}\mathbf{U}\mathbf{I}}_{\mathbf{L}\mathbf{i}\mathbf{v}\mathbf{e}\mathbf{r}}\)

1.20

(1.18, 1.25)

1.12 ± 0.03

1.25

(1.23, 1.30)

1.14

(1.12, 1.17)

1.28 ± 0.06

1.15

(1.12, 1.18)

\(\:{\mathbf{S}\mathbf{N}\mathbf{R}}_{\mathbf{L}\mathbf{i}\mathbf{v}\mathbf{e}\mathbf{r}}\)

12.75 ± 3.32

18.44 ± 3.08

9.83

(8.67, 11.58)

17.06 ± 2.86

8.94

(7.81, 10.79)

17.06 ± 4.07