Data type for PET and MR image

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Hi all,

I know “signed short” is usually assigned for a CT image in ITK because it’s voxel values are 16 bits integers. But how about PET image and MR image, should I also use “signed short” for them? Or use “float” instead? Any comments are welcomed.

Regards,

Zhuangming Shen

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For MRI, both signed and unsigned short are common. For PET, though, float and double are more frequent in my opinion.

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@dzenanz Thanks for your comments.