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A fast fully connected neural network-based method for random and scattered coincidence correction in polyhedral brain PET Cover

A fast fully connected neural network-based method for random and scattered coincidence correction in polyhedral brain PET

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|Aug 2026

Figures & Tables

Table 1.

Screening performance of the fully connected neural network for the three types of coincidences

K1TRSNECRRF (%)SF (%)
Training set
  before primary screening\720 4569 663 407511 56147 639.8993.0641.52
  after primary screening\709 268567 957484 086285 617.4244.4740.57
  after secondary discrimination−0.6684 933349 937274 977358 158.7933.8128.65
Test set
  before primary screening\89 9471 216 79364 0595 902.0193.1241.59
  after primary screening\88 37171 29660 41035 485.0144.6540.60
  after secondary discrimination−0.684 47943 23734 51843 990.1733.8529.01
Fig. 1.

Schematic illustration of the true coincidence discrimination process.

Fig. 2.

Variation of the noise equivalent counting rate (NECR) with the lower screening threshold.

Fig. 3.

Schematic diagram of the distribution of predicted values for the three types of coincidences and the correction function.

Fig. 4.

Example image of the annihilation point probability matrix after screening.

Fig. 5.

Comparison of the three metrics before and after attenuation correction.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2026-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 (formerly 0029-5922) | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
Language: English
Page range: 53 - 60
Submitted on: Mar 15, 2026
Accepted on: Jun 15, 2026
Published on: Aug 1, 2026
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2026 Yuxuan Zhong, Senhao Wang, Xiulian Chen, published by Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
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