Table 5.

k-factor (mSv.mGy⁻¹cm⁻¹) for liver, chest, cardiac and abdomen-pelvis imaging protocols for Single Energy CT (SECT) and the Dual-energy Computed Tomography (DECT) for male and female phantoms from the present study and the study by Christner et al., [ 6 ].

Imaging protocol	DECT (Present study)		SECT (Christner et al. [ 6 ])		DECT (Christner et al. [ 6 ])
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Liver	0.018	0.023	0.015	0.015	0.017	0.017
Chest	0.011	0.021	0.014	0.014	0.019	0.019
Cardiac	0.013	0.029	0.014	0.014	0.031	0.031
Abdomen-pelvis	0.014	0.017	0.015	0.015	0.016	0.016

DECT: Dual Energy Computed Tomography, SECT: Single Energy CT