Table 6.
Dose comparison for different scanning protocols in a phantom study in our institution
| Weight range (kg) | Effective dose (mSv) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume (1.5 mm) | Combi (0.75 mm) | High-resolution CT | CTA | Chest radiography | ||||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | AP | Lateral | |
| <15 | 0.77 | 0.90 | 0.9 | 1.05 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 1.30 | 1.51 | 0.00487 | 0.00799 |
| 15–24 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.31 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 1.62 | 1.89 | 0.00874 | 0.01086 |
| 25–34 | 1.34 | 1.56 | 1.58 | 1.84 | 0.54 | 0.63 | 2.24 | 2.62 | 0.01163 | 0.00968 |
| 35–44 | 2.11 | 2.46 | 2.48 | 2.89 | 1.00 | 1.17 | 2.57 | 3.0 | 0.01769 | 0.01452 |