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. 2007 Feb 24;2:10. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-10

Table 5.

Range of misrepresentation of the centroid of the 10- and 31.5-mm diameter targets.

Target Diameter (mm) S-I Motion Amplitude ± (mm) Centroid mis-placement (mm), single-slice fast scan CT

S-I A-P R-L

Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI
10 5 -0.8 6.2 0.2 1.0 0.6 1.2
10 -1.1 5.2 0.3 2.2 0.7 1.8
15 -0.7 7.0 0.2 1.4 1.6 3.0

31.5 5 -2.2 5.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.6
10 -2.7 4.2 -0.3 1.4 0.4 1.6
15 -2.5 8.8 -0.5 1.0 0.1 1.2

Target Diameter (mm) S-I Motion Amplitude ± (mm) Centroid mis-placement (mm), multi-slice fast scan CT

S-I A-P R-L

Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI

10 5 1.1 4.6 0.0 1.4 0.5 0.6
10 0.4 3.0 0.0 1.4 0.4 1.2
15 0.4 5.4 0.1 1.6 0.2 1.0

31.5 5 0.5 3.4 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.8
10 1.2 5.4 0.1 1.0 1.1 1.2
15 2.0 5.4 -0.4 0.8 0.8 1.2

Target Diameter (mm) S-I Motion Amplitude ± (mm) Centroid mis-placement (mm), single-slice slow scan CT

S-I A-P R-L

Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI

10 5 -0.2 1.8 1.2 2.4 2.4 2.8
10 -0.9 2.6 3.3 1.4 4.2 1.8
15 -1.3 1.4 5.9 3.6 7.1 3.6

31.5 5 -2.2 3.4 0.0 1.0 1.3 3.6
10 -1.8 2.6 0.0 2.4 0.8 2.2
15 -2.8 2.4 0.9 3.4 1.6 2.4

From top to bottom, the tables were generated from single-slice fast (or 1-sec), multi-slice fast (or 1-sec), and single-slice slow (or 4-sec) scan acquisition techniques, respectively. Ranges were computed for three known motion amplitudes.