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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Abdom Imaging. 2015 Jan;40(1):207–221. doi: 10.1007/s00261-014-0178-x

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.