. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Invest Radiol. 2016 Jul;51(7):421–429. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000251

Table 4.

Acquisition and reconstruction parameters used to scan the whole body cadaver. All parameters were identical for the head and body scans, unless otherwise noted.

Parameter	Subsystem A (EID)	Subsystem B (PCD)
Detector collimation	32 × 1.2 mm (thorax) 32 × 1.2 mm (abd/pel) 64 × 0.6 mm (legs)	32 × 0.5 mm
Tube potential (kV)	140	140
Tube current (mA) – head	not performed	400
Tube current (mA) – body	180 (thorax) 240 (abd/pel) 250 (legs)	180 (thorax) 240 (abd/pel) 250 (legs)
CTDI_vol (mGy) – head, 16 cm	not performed	101.4
CTDI_vol (mGy) – body, 32 cm	17.7 (thorax) 23.6 (abd/pel) 24.6 (legs)	20.0 (thorax) 26.6 (abd/pel) 27.7 (legs)
Rotation time (s)	1.0	1.0
Acquisition FOV (mm)	500	275
Scan mode	Spiral	Spiral
Spiral pitch	1.2 (thorax) 0.6 (abd/pel) 0.8 (legs)	0.5
Image thickness (mm)	5.0	5.0
Image interval (mm)	5.0	5.0
Reconstruction kernel	D30	D30
Recon. FOV (mm) – head	200	200
Recon. FOV (mm) – body	275	275