Table 2. Dose metrics of standard dose compared to reduced dose images.
Patient # | DLP SD | DLP RD | Eff dose SD |
Eff dose RD |
CTDI vol SD |
CTDI vol RD |
Effective Diam |
SSDE SD | SSDE RD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 519.56 | 132.14 | 7.79 | 1.98 | 10.88 | 2.76 | 37.22 | 10.34 | 2.62 |
2 | 178.77 | 23.43 | 2.68 | 0.35 | 3.63 | 0.48 | 28.82 | 4.65 | 0.61 |
3 | 56.95 | 15.93 | 0.85 | 0.24 | 1.43 | 0.40 | 25.27 | 2.12 | 0.59 |
4 | 169.15 | 36.51 | 2.54 | 0.55 | 3.68 | 0.79 | 30.83 | 4.38 | 0.94 |
5 | 287.15 | 60.00 | 4.31 | 0.90 | 5.88 | 1.23 | 33.46 | 6.47 | 1.35 |
6 | 304.16 | 64.62 | 4.56 | 0.97 | 6.20 | 1.32 | 31.21 | 7.38 | 1.57 |
7 | 88.00 | 19.10 | 1.32 | 0.29 | 2.03 | 0.44 | 27.78 | 2.68 | 0.58 |
8 | 109.74 | 25.89 | 1.65 | 0.39 | 2.47 | 0.59 | 25.86 | 3.53 | 0.84 |
9 | 111.07 | 23.61 | 1.67 | 0.35 | 2.23 | 0.48 | 27.67 | 2.94 | 0.63 |
10 | 203.01 | 42.40 | 3.05 | 0.64 | 4.09 | 0.85 | 31.71 | 4.66 | 0.97 |
11 | 435.40 | 59.89 | 6.53 | 0.90 | 10.31 | 1.42 | 29.17 | 13.20 | 1.82 |
12 | 266.81 | 59.81 | 4.00 | 0.90 | 6.67 | 1.50 | 25.66 | 9.54 | 2.15 |
13 | 346.66 | 64.75 | 5.20 | 0.97 | 8.05 | 1.50 | 27.68 | 10.63 | 1.98 |
14 | 294.36 | 63.73 | 4.42 | 0.96 | 7.31 | 1.58 | 28.71 | 9.36 | 2.02 |
15 | 332.51 | 62.69 | 4.99 | 0.94 | 7.95 | 1.50 | 29.63 | 9.78 | 1.85 |
16 | 686.53 | 109.93 | 10.30 | 1.65 | 16.60 | 2.66 | 33.03 | 18.26 | 2.93 |
17 | 471.30 | 73.76 | 7.07 | 1.11 | 9.80 | 1.53 | 30.41 | 12.05 | 1.88 |
18 | 242.67 | 61.71 | 3.64 | 0.93 | 5.97 | 1.52 | 25.76 | 8.54 | 2.17 |
19 | 535.47 | 85.09 | 8.03 | 1.28 | 12.87 | 2.04 | 30.93 | 15.32 | 2.43 |
20 | 343.32 | 63.56 | 5.15 | 0.95 | 7.50 | 1.39 | 28.83 | 9.60 | 1.78 |
21 | 1070.04 | 426.86 | 16.05 | 6.40 | 21.26 | 8.48 | 35.49 | 21.69 | 8.65 |
22 | 152.25 | 43.35 | 2.28 | 0.65 | 4.54 | 1.29 | 27.01 | 6.22 | 1.77 |
23 | 197.63 | 62.26 | 2.96 | 0.93 | 4.85 | 1.53 | 26.07 | 6.94 | 2.19 |
24 | 751.06 | 296.87 | 11.27 | 4.45 | 14.33 | 5.66 | 31.49 | 17.05 | 6.74 |
25 | 1216.92 | 485.10 | 18.25 | 7.28 | 25.71 | 10.25 | 32.65 | 28.28 | 11.28 |
26 | 433.15 | 112.84 | 6.50 | 1.69 | 14.51 | 3.78 | 31.05 | 17.27 | 4.50 |
27 | 1258.40 | 154.51 | 18.88 | 2.32 | 32.09 | 3.94 | 34.24 | 34.02 | 4.18 |
28 | 674.62 | 287.62 | 10.12 | 4.31 | 35.30 | 15.05 | 32.24 | 40.24 | 17.16 |
29 | 1453.71 | 481.66 | 21.81 | 7.22 | 79.83 | 26.45 | 38.02 | 73.44 | 24.33 |
30 | 339.89 | 65.23 | 5.10 | 0.98 | 7.72 | 1.48 | 24.69 | 11.43 | 2.19 |
31 | 464.36 | 73.76 | 6.97 | 1.11 | 10.06 | 1.60 | 28.69 | 12.88 | 2.05 |
32 | 546.19 | 212.68 | 8.19 | 3.19 | 11.69 | 4.55 | 29.22 | 14.96 | 5.82 |
33 | 350.56 | 65.75 | 5.26 | 0.99 | 7.85 | 1.47 | 29.55 | 9.66 | 1.81 |
34 | 1025.01 | 390.50 | 15.38 | 5.86 | 19.55 | 7.71 | 34.37 | 20.72 | 8.17 |
35 | 341.29 | 133.60 | 5.12 | 2.00 | 7.35 | 2.88 | 28.36 | 9.70 | 3.80 |
36 | 274.31 | 101.00 | 4.11 | 1.52 | 5.39 | 1.98 | 27.22 | 7.38 | 2.71 |
37 | 202.23 | 48.32 | 3.03 | 0.72 | 4.56 | 1.09 | 24.57 | 6.75 | 1.61 |
38 | 541.68 | 210.39 | 8.13 | 3.16 | 11.59 | 4.56 | 30.50 | 14.26 | 5.61 |
39 | 250.14 | 91.27 | 3.75 | 1.37 | 5.92 | 2.16 | 25.75 | 8.47 | 3.09 |
40 | 345.04 | 136.52 | 5.18 | 2.05 | 7.29 | 2.88 | 28.53 | 9.33 | 3.69 |
41 | 991.94 | 241.05 | 14.88 | 3.62 | 41.48 | 10.08 | 32.50 | 47.29 | 11.49 |
42 | 312.47 | 66.09 | 4.69 | 0.99 | 6.17 | 1.31 | 31.68 | 7.03 | 1.49 |
43 | 496.82 | 89.75 | 7.45 | 1.35 | 17.88 | 3.23 | 30.93 | 21.28 | 3.84 |
44 | 1233.24 | 149.20 | 18.50 | 2.24 | 34.22 | 4.14 | 34.68 | 34.90 | 4.22 |
45 | 344.56 | 134.37 | 5.17 | 2.02 | 7.10 | 2.77 | 28.98 | 9.09 | 3.55 |
46 | 543.57 | 212.41 | 8.15 | 3.19 | 10.93 | 4.35 | 30.37 | 13.44 | 5.35 |
47 | 212.55 | 63.62 | 3.19 | 0.95 | 4.70 | 1.41 | 24.92 | 6.96 | 2.09 |
48 | 724.09 | 289.04 | 10.86 | 4.34 | 15.80 | 6.31 | 32.98 | 17.38 | 6.94 |
49 | 556.30 | 214.24 | 8.34 | 3.21 | 10.67 | 4.18 | 31.79 | 12.16 | 4.77 |
50 | 1400.50 | 526.58 | 21.01 | 7.90 | 27.50 | 11.06 | 36.64 | 26.13 | 10.51 |
Mean | 493.7 | 140.3 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 12.9 | 3.7 | 30.1 | 14.6 | 4.2 |
Median | 345.8 | 79.43 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 1.8 | 30 | 10.1 | 2.3 |
SD=Standard dose, RD=reduced dose. DLP=Dose Length Product, Eff dose=effective dose, CTDIvoi=volume CT dose index, SSDE=Size specific Dose estimate.