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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 Feb;198(2):412–417. doi: 10.2214/AJR.11.7230

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Graph shows eye lens dose as function of scanning location from protocol of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (80 kVp, 24 × 1.2-mm collimation, 270 mAs/rotation, 40 rotations) for brain perfusion CT examination using Sensation 64 scanner (Siemens Healthcare). Width of eye lens in z direction for this patient model (Irene, GSF [now Helmholtz Zentrum München]) is 1 cm. Shaded box indicates eye lens range in longitudinal direction. Therefore, when scanning location is 2 cm from center of eyes, eye lenses are completely out of x-ray beam (larger than half of beam width plus half of eye lens width).