Propagation of Blood Function Errors to the Estimates of Kinetic Parameters with Dynamic PET

Table 2

The percentage error in estimated 𝑘₁, 𝑘₂, 𝑘₃, and 𝑘₄ of tumor affected by a range of erroneous blood functions in three cases.

Error rate of Cp	Percentage error in parameters
Case I	𝑘1	𝑘2	𝑘3	𝑘4
10%	10%	∼0	∼0	∼0
20%	20%	∼0	∼0	∼0
Case II	𝑘1	𝑘2	𝑘3	𝑘4
10%	10%	∼0	7.5%	25%
20%	20%	∼0	15%	50%
Case III	𝑘1	𝑘2	𝑘3	𝑘4
10%	∼0	∼0	9%	30%
20%	∼0	∼0	18%	60%