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. 2015 Sep 16;88(1054):20140711. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20140711

Table 1.

CT abdominal imaging protocols

Patient Scan protocol
Paediatric abdomen (kg)  
 0–20 Helical scan, 80 kVp, 50 mAs, detector collimation 64 × 0.625 mm, rotation time 0.5 s, slice thickness 3 mm, pitch 0.891 and iDose level 4 iterative reconstruction
 20–40 Helical scan, 80 kVp, DoseRight AEC, rotation time 0.5 s, detector collimation 64 × 0.625 mm, slice thickness 3 mm, pitch 0.891 and iDose level 4 iterative reconstruction
 40–60 Helical scan, 100 kVp, DoseRight AEC, rotation time 0.5 s, detector collimation 64 × 0.625 mm, slice thickness 3 mm, pitch 0.891 and iDose level 4 iterative reconstruction
 >60 Helical scan, 120 kVp, DoseRight AEC, rotation time 0.5 s, detector collimation 64 × 0.625 mm, slice thickness 3 mm, pitch 0.891 and iDose level 4 iterative reconstruction

AEC, automatic exposure control.