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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2024 Apr 15;69(9):10.1088/1361-6560/ad3883. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad3883

Table 1.

Scanned protocol and image acquisition parameters in phantom and in clinical scanned images of this study.

In phantom In clinical scan
kV 120 120
Scan protocols Thorax; abdomen Paraspinal; brain+
Slice thickness (3 mm) 3 2; 1
Tube current modulation Yes Yes; no
Quality reference mAs* 160, 200, 250 270; -+
Dose right** 17,19,21,23,25
Iterative reconstruction SAFIRE-3*; iDose-3** SAFIRE-3
Reconstruction kernel Br38*/regular** Br32, Br38, Br49, Br58, Br62; Hr32. Hr38, Hr49, Hr60, Hr68, Hf38
ROI size (pixel) 10 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 30
*:

at CTs;

**:

at CTp;

+:

no ATC using CTDIvol of 70.3 mGy.