

ESTRO
Statistical noise in image reconstruction
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H&N patient with locally advanced pharyngeal tumor
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10 mCi FDG injection / 5 min acquisition after 2h resting time
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reconstruction of 2 images by splitting data into 2*2.5 minutes
0—300s
0—150s
150—300s
Distance (mm)
FDG uptake (% max)
Courtesy of J. Lee, 2013