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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2018 Aug 30;63(17):175006. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aad9be

Table 4.

Coefficient of variation (CV) of Agatston score for each stenosis for SE and DE protocols with auto-mAs, 160 mAs, and 260 mAs exposure.

Coefficient of Variation
236 mg/cm3 (equal-density stenosis) 50% (equal-size stenosis)

dataset 12.5% 25% 50% 102 mg/cm3 236 mg/cm3 382 mg/cm3
4mm vessel

SE 3.16 0.17 0.07 0.35 0.04 0.02

DE auto-mAs 0.59§ 0.33 0.19 0.23 0.25 0.10

DE 160 mAs 0.60§ 0.49 0.12 0.24 0.06 0.06

DE 260 mAs 1.30 0.26 0.04 0.21 0.09 0.05

4.5mm vessel

SE 2.11 0.21 0.05 0.22 0.05 0.03

DE auto-mAs 0.52§ 0.35 0.12 0.28 0.09 0.07

DE 160 mAs 0.52§ 0.12 0.10 0.28 0.13 0.03

DE 260 mAs 0.36§ 0.27 0.06 0.27 0.08 0.03

Lower bound of the 95% CI is larger than the upper bound of 95% CI of the corresponding CV for SE

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Upper bound of the 95% CI is smaller than the lower bound of 95% CI of the corresponding CV for SE